Adventurer Survives on Beer

Clifton Vial of Nome, Alaska decided to go on a little adventure.  He took his Toyota Tacoma down a road to see how far it goes.  I applaud his sense of adventure but he made one mistake, he did not go prepared for the conditions.  

40 miles down the road Clifton slide into a snow drift and got stuck.  With no way out and wearing jeans, tennis shoes, and  a cheap coat he wrapped himself in a fleece bag liner and towels to stay warm and he ate the frozen Coors Light he had in the cab.  

When Clifton did not show up for work his boss called the local constabularies to report him missing.  They did find him, fortunately after 4 days.  His scale also reported great news, he lost 16 pounds.

Here is the moral of the story, always go prepared for the worst case scenario.  It is better to have stuff you never use than not have what you will need to survive.  There is nothing wrong with making due with little, so long as you can actually survive.

The Cows in Texas

The cows are watching in Texas.  He is an example of that.  I have had this experience while kayaking.  I often wonder what the cows are thinking while starring at me (insert your imagination here).  The person taking the footage keeps mooing at the cows which is almost a funny as the cow just standing around starring.

The Great Corn Maize Capper

Photo from LA Times

This has been in the news the last couple of days but it is just too funny to pass up. A young family found themselves lost amongst the sway stalks of scrumptious fresh rows of golden corn in Danvers, Massachusetts.

The sun was setting on this adventuresome couple as they wandered lost. What did they do? Call 9-1-1. Out come the local police with a K-9 unit to look for them. What do you suppose happen, the dog found them about 25' from the exit. They question begs to be asked, why didn't they just walk through the corn until they hit the edge of the field and walk around? I suppose that question will not get answered by the unidentified couple but the farmer is getting great publicity for his Maze. Both Leno and Letterman are looking for an appearance.

This is a great example of, think instead of panic, it will you from unnecessary embarrassment and tie up local authorities with something they will end up laughing about for many weeks.

Backpacking Cat

I found this video on youtube.  The man took his cat on a 9000 miles backpack trip from Miami to Argentina.  The trip would be exciting however, not so sure about packing a cat for that distance.  Cat's are not really as useful on a trip as a dog.

Hiking the Natural Way

Okay, this story falls under the Chuckle and Snort category.

Leave it to the Germans to take hiking and make it an activity without clothing.  Anyone who has spent time carrying a pack longs to lighten the load.  The Germans with there engineering genius have decided to skip the genius and just remove the weight of the clothing. 

Apparently naked hiking is more popular among the men then it is the women.  The trail is approximately 200 miles southwest of Berlin and there are signs warning all visitors to the area about the extra bear, err, bare types along the forest path.  The whole concept brings a new meaning to getting back to nature. 

This also brings up another question, how much extra suntan lotion and bug spray would be required to prevent mosquito and tick bites.  Without clothing these particular trail hazards have more access to those secret places.  This trail will go on the must miss.  Besides the first man an woman, Adam or Eve, were covered up because of their sin why should we break with that tradition.

Naked Rowing

Here is a story that caught my attention today in the news.  An Irishman, Keith Whelan, is rowing from Australia to Mauritius naked.  Keith wanted to be the youngest Irishman to complete this trip but while out at sea he ran into a rather riotous storm which caused him to bang his head on a bolt inside his sleeping compartment.  The injury required a Japanese Cargo ship to reroute and rescue him.

But I know that is not why you are reading this story, you want to know about the naked part.  Keith is rowing naked because he thinks that while at sea his clothes will accumulate salt and cause some serious chaffing.  So my question is which would be worse the chaffing or the sunburn?  I leave the answer up to you.

If you would like to read about more details you can read The Austrailian.