The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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Greek Taxi Anyone?During the 2004 Olympics in Anthens, we decided to book a last minute deal in Crete as a family holiday (or more to the point, I got in from work to find that Mrs Coopsweb had booked us a holiday). Anyhew...
Being a last minute deal-thingey, we got all inclusive for next to nothing [wayhey - all the cheap local wine we can drink!] however - transfers were not included so on reaching the airport we were forced to use a local taxi...
I don't know what's more going to freak you out more - the fact you've drunk far too much on the plane over to fully realise what's going on, or the 80mph speeds your taxi driver is doing around blind mountain bends at 3am... while crossing himself and praying to the statue of Mary on the dash.
And the best bit was - the only reason he was doing the whole 'deathwish on a mountain pass' act was thanks to the Greek government, as they had given all the taxi drivers on Crete handouts to buy brand new Mercedes saloons to make the tourists feel more 'safe' on the roads to the resorts.
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HSDriver was probably still at work on, Sat 9 Sep 2006, 2:30,
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