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by Ever get the urge to go on a marathon at the South Pole?? Well now you can! If you're up to the challenge, and you have 25 grand to blow on risking your life in sub zero temperatures, take the South Pole Challenge and go on the first marathon to the south pole!!
Why, you may ask, would anyone do something so incredibly stupid? "We wanted to offer something to those who had thought they had tried everything in the book," ANI managing director Anne Kershaw said. "No one has ever run a marathon to the South Pole. FOR 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS!!!" (italics ours) Hmmmm... I wonder why?
The good news is, the race will take place in the summer months, where temperatures can skyrocket into the low negative teens. So when you think about it, it's not really much of a challenge at all. If you threw in a "no clothes rule," then it might be a little difficult. "The belief is we're self-sufficient -- we have two Twin Otters, a Cessna, and a turbine DC3, we have our own rescue people, we have our own medical backup," she said.
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Im guessin the only people to show up to this will be the Polar Bear Club. Running in 65 degree weather doesnt sound like fun. -25 Sounds worse.
You actually have to PAY for this torture?
Mad i tell you - quite mad ;-D
On second thought for 25g's i can buy my supra. And i have boarded in below 0 temperatures so i can throw those clothes on and run it i guess. 7 Months till summer! I cant wait!
i want a supra too! seriously, in 2 years, i'm trading in the black bandit and getting one.
you cant trade in the "Black Bandit" its... THE BLACK BANDIT!!!!!!!!!! i named that car!!!!!! you cant get rid of it!
Yeah hopefully next spring/summer (2003) ill have a MKIV TT, would have liked it sooner but unfortunately all the cash i dropped on boarding trips this season and boarding in general has killed that. Waited 5 years 2 more to go, i can do it! :)
hahaha where do you find this stuff?!
this one was actually on espn.com, i guess it's considered sports news. I found it in september and forgot about it, but fortunately it had caught my attention enough to bookmark it.
sometimes.
"Up to 75 competitors, each paying $25,000, will go through assessments of their health and running ability."
You pay for the privaledge, you dont get paid.
crazy huh?
Uhh my fault... I guess i should stop cross training for it. And why in the hell would anyone in their right mind pay to do that? I'd run on the outside of the course and taunt all the people who paid :P
ha ha, get sponsored to do it, and hitch a ride so u actually make a profit lol
Who would sponsor someone to do that? It's not like sponsorin a poor kid in a basketball league. This is alot o cash! Where my rich people at! Help a poor white boy out!
who are you poor white boy?
erm i think sponsoring is something diff
like they say we'll give you so much per mile
and if u complete it u get the cash
altho u usually donate it to charity - but hey i am a charity case lol
Only one charity i donatin is to me. The bank account of ME!
i dunno, whats a punk pricess? a oxy-moron? :)
HAHAHA... well if you ever MET tina.. you would know EXACTLY what it means... KIDDING tina!!!! UR THE BEST!
no but its true.. im unique...one of a kind... ;) or something else?
shoot i'd do that in a second if it was freee... i'm not paying for it.. but if someone sponsored me.. i'm so in
and i want the jag s or x type.. both are so hot.. but i want a house.. and so i'm saving up for that and probably be living in my own house when i'm outt of college.. 2 years baby.. 2 years.
Your whole statement points to u makin 75,000$ plus when u get out of college. A house round here is like 300K dont know of any job once u get out of college u can get that. However jag x type is like the cheapest isnt it? So u maybe can pull that off.
well 300 k is like a 5 bedroom type house..
i'm looking at like 150-200k ... i'm working at a good job already.
should be getting a raise soon.
a Jag?, mostly older ppl buy those over here,
i wanna D turbo peugeot 306, or a 206 cc or in my dreams a ferrari 360 modena :-D or a porsche 996 Bi-turbo
but prob in reality a little run of the mill peugeot 206
oh and some place to live'd b nice 2 lol
Audi's and the VW's are kinda hot over there...
ians brother brandon used to have a peugeot... good car, but you cant find parts for them over here
shame - they have always been pretty good cars but now, man, they r sooooooo good :-D
There is a peugeot dealership right by my house on 17 North....like 10 min from me. They have all these old cars and foreign cars in their lot. I guess thats the only place to find the parts.
dude, my bro never had the peugeot... it was mine. my dad owned i think 3 of them over the years, and i got the 505 after he got our accord. the last year they sold peugeots in the US was '85 or '87, i think. mine was an 85. i had a great time with that car! you can get peugeot parts in a few places around, and the dealership g.f.s mentioned is the one we used to go to.
thank you for the correction MR. PERFECT!!!