The Worst Journey in the WorldAspley Cherry Garrard was the youngest member of the Scott Polar Expedition when he and two others lost their tent to the winds of a night-time snowstorm. They spent hours in temperatures below -70°F stumbling about the ice floes hoping they'd bump into it as it was their only hope of survival.
OK, so that was bad, but we reckon you've had worse. We know how hard you lot are.
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chthonic, Thu 7 Sep 2006, 12:40)
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Driving home from workThis is a journey that normally took 35-45 minutes.
Out of nowhere, mother nature decides to dump 2ft of snow on the ground about 20 minutes before I'm due to leave.
"What the hell", I think, "it might take me a bit longer to get home but it won't be too bad."
What I didn't take into account were the thousands of morons who have absolutely NO CLUE how to drive in snowy/icy conditions. Suddenly a minor incline is an impassable obstacle (or at least it is when all you do is try to wheelspin up the hill in 1st gear).
Anyway, 6.5 hours later I made it home safely.
The worst bit? Oh well that was that I was desperate for a piss after the first 45 minutes. It was actually rather painful when I finally made it to the bog nearly 6 hours later.
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Canker, Mon 11 Sep 2006, 15:07,
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