Monthly Archives: August 2009
I don’t currently own a pair of Tevas, but everything about this ridiculous spoof of Man Vs. Wild made me want to buy some. Yes, it’s sophomoric, but it’s also dead on.
Beetle Bedlam [Road Warriors]
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Tagged Close Calls, Europe, Off The Map, Rachel Roberts, Rough Landings, Send Lawyers Guns and Money, Water Water Everywhere
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Here’s a yarn about the joy of driving in a foreign country from a first-time contributor, Rachel Roberts. Enjoy! — Ed. Croatia was never on my list of places to go. I simply knew nothing about it, so I did … Continue reading
This Air Bag May Take Your Life [Rough Landings]
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Tagged Air Travel, Amateur Hour, Bill Gifford, Close Calls, Gravity Wins, Holy Crap, Rough Landings
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Here’s a yarn from the writer Bill Gifford: Eight friends went hot-air ballooning in the Poconos on a perfect spring day. What could possibly go wrong? I’ve done plenty of stupid stuff that could have killed me, everything from backcountry … Continue reading
In Pursuit of Booze [Logical Excuses for Missing Work] |
In early May 2009 TheAccidentalExtremist.com traveled to the Scottish Highlands to follow the Drambuie Pursuit, a one-of-a-kind, two-day, nine-stage adventure race open to teams of amateur athletes from around the world. Hundreds of weekend warriors applied, but only 13 four-person teams made … Continue reading