Doing the Seemingly Impossible: Crossing a 4,000-Mile Desert By Foot in 111 Days

re: Doing the Seemingly Impossible: Crossing a 4,000-Mile Desert By Foot in 111 Days

SarahB — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:42:51 GMT

I read this article in conjunction with the one about Navy Seal training. The latter was compared to the T.V. show "Survivor". The T.V. show is ridiculous. These people are only out there for 39 days and they whine about not seeing their families and not having coffee in the morning?? I was a Peace Corps Volunteer for 2 years in the bush in Zaire, Africa. While this is totally different than Seal training, it certainly is light years beyond what these "Survivor" idiots are asked to put up with. I am also a nutritionist and have done some investigation on the effects that intense exercise does to the human body. One study on 20 year old male uber athletes showed that they were suffering bone loss similar to a 75 year old osteoporotic woman. So the next time you think that this level of exercise is showing how tough and fit you are, think again! back to the T.V. show: maybe they should pit some Navy seals against some returned Peace Corps Volunteers, but mix up the teams to make it fair. now THAT I would watch! Sarah B, RPCV Zaire

re: Doing the Seemingly Impossible: Crossing a 4,000-Mile Desert By Foot in 111 Days

Debrah — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:01:54 GMT

I would be far more impressed by hearing about people who pushed their bodies to the limit and put themselves in danger by doing something helpful to the world--going to dangerous areas for instance and digging wells or building schools, etc or joining Greenpeace and trying to stop the slaughter of whales and dolphins or cleaning up oil spills that are killing the wildlife.

re: Doing the Seemingly Impossible: Crossing a 4,000-Mile Desert By Foot in 111 Days

Suzanne_203 — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:07:26 GMT

Who comes to the rescue and pays for it when something goes wrong? I'm not talking only about running in a desert but climbing mountains, skiing when in a avalanche area and so on.
I've actually never seen a happy looking runner in and around my neighborhood. They seem to be on a mission. Walkers, now they're different, they smile. I think you get more of a beneficial workout from a nice brisk walk.

re: Doing the Seemingly Impossible: Crossing a 4,000-Mile Desert By Foot in 111 Days

Russ Bianchi — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:32:56 GMT

I'm reminded of the line from the movie: Lawrence of Arabia, from then Prince Faisel to Lawrence: "I think you too are another one of these desert loving English. No Arab loves the desert, they seek water, palm trees and gardens..."

The real gaul of these extreme types, is they actually are spoiled children, who when they get themselves into trouble (like mountain climbers in winter conditions, or around the world sailors below the 35th parallel in the southern hemisphere) expect someone to come rescue them, and put other innocent life in harms way, to say nothing of the expense, they do not want to pay for themselves.

If personal responsibility is a core principal to survival and honesty, then let the fools of the world continue in these futile endeavors, but they should expect no one to rescue them, or foot the bills, for harm done to themselves.

Entitlement has become the new VICE of such types.

re: Doing the Seemingly Impossible: Crossing a 4,000-Mile Desert By Foot in 111 Days

enzo — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:22:18 GMT

I wouldn't even want to drive across that God-awful piece of earth.

I hope these people enjoy their gift of ultra-bi-pedal mobility while they can, because in the not too distant future they will pay a steep price for this stupidity. Bone, cartilage, muscles and tendons were not designed for this extreme abuse, as they will eventually find out.

The extreme abuse rendered upon virtually every organ, and body cell will also make itself known to these fools sooner than they care to imagine.