Topic: LONGEST - on April 12, 2003 at 10:06:04 AM CEST
Explorer trudged North Pole with broken ankle
An explorer who became the first person to walk unaided and alone to the North Pole has revealed he trudged the last 60 miles over five days with a broken ankle. David Hempleman-Adams broke his left ankle when he tumbled off an icefall 16 days into his record-breaking expedition.
"I crawled into my tent, it was late at night and it was blowing a hooly (gale)," he told a news conference on his first day back in Britain on Friday.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: LONGEST - on April 6, 2003 at 12:07:20 AM CEST
Media doesn't know when to let a story go
Jessica Lynch
has a new pair of eyeglasses and a close friend by her bedside. She's also made her first order from the hospital kitchen: turkey, apple sauce and steamed carrots.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on February 24, 2003 at 5:38:54 PM CET
Train car full of propane thrown 1.5 KM by explosion..
Propane that spilled from a freight train derailment was allowed to burn yesterday after two fiery explosions, five hours apart, punctured the morning calm in this rural area east of Belleville.
As many as 500 residents were moved to safety after an eastbound train carrying propane and hazardous chemicals derailed and crashed into a parked train about 4:45 a.m., shaking neighbouring homes.
Propane tanks burned uncontrolled throughout the day and a second massive detonation at about 10 a.m. kept emergency workers at a safe distance from the scene.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 7:10:46 AM CET
International A.O.W.C.U.T.G.D.F.P.
Authoritarian Opportunists Who Cozy Up To Genocidal Dictators - for Peace
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on January 19, 2003 at 12:26:42 AM CET
A brief history of time
This is the real timeline of the Earth's history. A timeline of time itself. Completely falsified of course. The dates are undoubtedly wrong. And there are dates that are supposed to be closely fictitiously factual, but I don't care, so neither should you. Whatever. Enjoy anyway.
It all begins waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back when
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on January 10, 2003 at 12:27:34 PM CET
Man stands out naked in Siberian winter for four hours
A Chinese man has broken his own record by standing naked in sub-zero Siberian winter conditions for four hours. Jin Songhao, a 48-year-old man from China's north-eastern Heilongjiang province, broke his record in the provincial capital of Harbin. The Xinhua news agency reported that he stood in a "scenic spot" and that the temperature dropped to -29C.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on January 2, 2003 at 11:44:42 AM CET
Mehr als hundert Skifahrer in Sessellift gefangen
In luftiger Höhe saßen Dutzende Wintersportler in einer Schweizer Sesselbahn mehrere Stunden lang fest. Der Lift, der in das Skigebiet von Grächen im Oberwallis führt, hatte sich nach einer technischen Panne komplett abgeschaltet.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on January 1, 2003 at 11:32:20 AM CET
A 1901 lightbulb still burns bright to this day
day you'll find this remarkable light bulb burning bright at a fire station in Livermore, California. It hasn't been turned off since 1901. The Guinness Book of World Records, Ripley's Believe It Or Not and General Electric agree the bulb, made of tungsten and of unknown wattage, is the longest-living in history, despite two moves and a few power outages during its lifetime.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on November 21, 2002 at 3:01:17 AM CET
BREATH
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on November 17, 2002 at 12:24:25 PM CET
Domino Day '02
New world record
With 3.847.295 pleased stones the world record attempt is successful. With some fields some stones stopped, the large final field with 1 million stones were however completely cleared.
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on November 8, 2002 at 11:54:58 PM CET
Last man to cross finish line of NYC Marathon
The crowds have gone home and the winners' checks have been handed out - but the last contestant of the New York Marathon won't cross the finish line until today. Lloyd Scott, a 40-year-old former fireman from England, is making the epic, weeklong trek weighted down by a 130-pound 1940s diving suit.
¬> <a href="www.nypost.com"target="_blank">NEW YORK POST
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
Topic: - on November 4, 2002 at 1:22:55 AM CET
Georgian Ends 9-Year Bicycle Trip
Dzhumber Lezhava returned to Tbilisi Sunday, ending a nine-year trip around the world by bicycle. Lezhava, 63, began his journey on Aug. 13, 1993. He traveled 164,000 miles and wore out nine bicycles. "I missed you (Georgians) a lot," he said. "I can hardly believe my trip is over and I managed to fulfill it."
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment
