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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en france-i used to love my friends...mid 80's went to france to stay with friends who'd swapped their house for a bit.
i got volunteered on the night before departure to stay up and awake em at 4.30 a.m.
So, a solo and sober night followed by wanting to sleep in the car from Provence to Caen. their two year old smashed me with a hammer-in the face-even if 1 eyelid drooped, demanding i play peek a boo and smiley face. after 2 hours i suggested a swap of places but no-they were 'co drivers' so could not swap seats...4 hrs. please, please, please, got me: 'we're almost there' 8 hrs. got me 'I didn't realise you were such feckin miserable twunk'
we didn't speak for 3 months agfter this. the kid is now 24 and thinks i'm a 'great uncle' little does she know that the entire family were almost wiped out in alcohol/sleep deprived rage by a man with a perm........length-no apologies necessary
(, Tue 12 Sep 2006, 12:57, Reply)
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