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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Talk about bad timing ...MeColleagues and I were going on a work outing to IBC in Amsterdam. Sadly, our company (now bankrupt) were tightass Barstewards, so we had to buy our travel tickets and claim them back 'cos the company wouldn't pay up front.
One of MeColleagues said he'd buy all our tickets on his credit card as he had a high limit and got bonus points. We agreed.
Then someone parked a pair of airliners in the World Trade Centre.
MeColleague happens to be from Afghanistan. I have never seen so many pairs of Marigolds in one simple journey there and back. I was walking like John Wayne and re-packed my bags a good dozen times though Customs.
Girth, etc.
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