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Title: The Guy Who Pushed a Little Peanut Up a Mountain —With His Nose
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 18, 2016, 10:28:36 AM
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Quote...And then there's Bill Williams, who decided that merely getting to the top of Pikes Peak wasn't challenging enough. What would be really hard, he figured, was getting a peanut to the top of the mountain—with his nose. Williams had already pushed a peanut 11 miles in nine days in his hometown of Rio Hondo, Texas, and figured that a similar feat up Pikes Peak wouldn't be that much different. In fact, he was willing to bet on it. The Texan accepted a $500 wager from a friend that he couldn't complete the task within 22 days.
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Title: Re: The Guy Who Pushed a Little Peanut Up a Mountain —With His Nose
Post by: Tank on January 18, 2016, 10:05:06 PM
That is a very special type of insane!
Title: Re: The Guy Who Pushed a Little Peanut Up a Mountain —With His Nose
Post by: xSilverPhinx on January 19, 2016, 10:55:49 AM
Yeah.  ;D

The things some people with too much time on their hands will do.