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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First class vomitI was flying to San Francisco on businesss trip with a mate - week of work and then week of hols. Thanks to a mutual Airline pilot friend, we both got upgraded to First Class and I got invited to sit in the cockpit for takeoff (as you could back in the good old days) - Result!
Complete with complimentary bottle of champagne we sat in the sharp end. However, since I find altitude and alchohol can make me ill if I get dehydrated so I was being careful and only had 1/2 glass as my mate got pissed.
11 hours into the flight we're on a lively final approach to SFO and now my mate is in the cockpit for the landing. The 1/2 glass was still enough to make my stomach do backflips but I thought I could make it - suddenly we're on full power in a climb as we go for another bounce around the airport. My stomach had enough and, as I couldn't reach the bag, I did a projectile vom over the seat in front.
According to my mate we were in a near miss with a light aircraft - hope he crashed!
(, Sun 10 Sep 2006, 2:30, Reply)
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