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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Mini - MadnessI hired the Motoring Club Mini once. Should have been suspisious when it was just £1 per day for members.
Two bucket racing seats with harnesses.
Engine requiers cold-start sprayed into the carb. to start it.
Driving down the motor way, Seb sitting next to me is watching the bonnet bounce up and down and wonders if I've thought about what to do when the it flies open and we can't see out the front windshield.
I had thought about it. Alot.
After a nice days diving, cable tying the hood down and starting it in the rain, the lights don't turn on.
Found the switch after a while, but now we don't have any indicators. Nevermind, we'll wave.
Rain continues.
Windshield wipers don't work well.
Footwell begins to flood.
Articulated lorries try to kill us.
Gearbox makes odd noises when you try to put it in 5th gear (found out later that mini's don't have a 5th gear. Thus the odd noises)
Highlight of the trip was negotiating Marble Arch roundabout by waving our hands out the windows.
Found out that while looking for the headlight switch, we got turned the switch for the hazard lights. That didn't work. But the switch did override the indicators though.
Haven't hired it since.
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