A Colorado Springs man has successfully pushed a peanut all the way to the summit of Pikes Peak with his nose.Bob Salem, 53, reached the top of Pikes Peak Friday morning. He broke the previous verified record for the feat - completing the arduous task in seven days. The record was eight days.
Details about this impressive feat at KRCC (an affiliate of Colorado Public Radio).
Addendum with an answer to the question you were going to ask: "It’s a long, hard, 13.5-mile climb uphill with a gain of about 7,400+ feet in elevation. Basically, it’s a half-marathon in hiking form."
From that KRCC report: "He estimates that he used nearly two dozen peanuts throughout the week". The peanut he started with was not the one that made it to the top! That kind of diminishes the magnitude of the feat?
ReplyDeleteNot at all. The kudos here go not to the peanut (several of which fell into cracks between rocks according to the report), but to the man. When someone breaks par on a round of golf despite losing a couple balls in the woods, the achievement is magnified, not diminished.
DeleteIn that case, maybe the record should be "He ate a trail of peanuts all the way to the top of Pikes Peak"? :-)
DeleteIt delights me to no end that people do things like this.
ReplyDeleteAt last our long national nightmare is over.
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