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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Moving DaySo I agreed to help my mate move from Newcastle to Griffith (Australia) usually about a 10 hour journey.
Macca turns up with a hired truck that would haul his worldly goods half way across NSW. I noticed (the vehicle was empty) that it was rather on the slow side.
Next morning we pack it up and ship on out. The truck topped out at 50km/h on flat ground. But downhill would hit an amazing 70km/h if we were lucky. I dont wanna talk about uphill.
2 hours in the radio breaks. Its 40+ degrees in the Australian Bush and we have no air-con. We resort to counting the dead roos on the side of the road. We topped out at 97.
We arrive at the destination 17 hours later, sweaty, bored and tired.
To this day I still curse that truck.
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