Demented Hamsters
06-01-2006, 06:50
I know I shouldn't laugh but it is pretty humorous:
An intrepid British oarsman's bid to row round Antarctica ended after just 30 kilometres (20 miles) when he unexpectedly collided with the Falkland Islands, British newspapers reported.
Colin Yeates was attempting to make history with the first solo unsupported rowing circumnagivation, expected to last 10 and a half months and cover 21,630-kilometres.
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After four years of careful preparation, the 47-year-old father of seven fulfilled his prediction that his journey would "begin and end in the Falkland Islands".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060105/wl_uk_afp/britainantarcticrowingoffbeat
How they hell do you 'unexpectedly collide' with an island? Was it like,
"Christ! Where did that come from? That wasn't there a minute ago!"
An intrepid British oarsman's bid to row round Antarctica ended after just 30 kilometres (20 miles) when he unexpectedly collided with the Falkland Islands, British newspapers reported.
Colin Yeates was attempting to make history with the first solo unsupported rowing circumnagivation, expected to last 10 and a half months and cover 21,630-kilometres.
...
After four years of careful preparation, the 47-year-old father of seven fulfilled his prediction that his journey would "begin and end in the Falkland Islands".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060105/wl_uk_afp/britainantarcticrowingoffbeat
How they hell do you 'unexpectedly collide' with an island? Was it like,
"Christ! Where did that come from? That wasn't there a minute ago!"