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| a hand up photo: Noah Schultz-Byard, ABC Broken Hill |
where were we?
ah yes... being hosed down before running through 400 dangling wires pulsing with electric current for a dose of electroshock therapy on wet,
mud-caked skin....did I mention the mud...
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lots of mud...
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| helping hands photo: Courier Mail |
and more mud...
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| mud bath photo: Noah Schultz-ByardABC Broken Hill |
I feel immensely contented to know that in my hometown of Melbourne there are 22,000 souls who will drag themselves out of bed to participate in a first-time event just for the heck of it.
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| muddy view from the top photo:Noah Schultz-Byard ABC Broken Hill |
no prizes, no awards, no times to beat....just to do it. Because.
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| too much fun photo: Noah Schultz-Byard ABC Broken Hill |
apparently this was the largest turnout for a Tough Mudder anywhere in the world.
it completely took the organisers by surprise....
leading to the only negative for the day....huge queues and 'traffic-jams' of people at some obstacles...
just too many people to scale that wall, to get over that half-pipe....a problem which the organisers said they'd remedy 'next time.'
and that time is next weekend in Sydney .
and Team 'Just Wing It'.....well they are planning their assault on Tough Mudder 2013.... and I'll know to stay relaxed about the forms and paperwork to be signed!
might even sign one myself....as a spectator of course!
so if you've got half an hour , grab yourself a coffee, make yourself comfortable, turn up the sound ( or down !! ) and put yourself deep into the muddy action without the bruises, wind-chill , and mud ....
this youtube video shot 'live' via 'head-cam' ( camera on cap) worn by the boys....
and part two is here...
(videos conceived, produced and edited by Stu )
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| shoes....unwanted....unloved...but laces were handed in for 'recycling' photo: Noah Schultz-Byard ABC Broken Hill |
Jo x
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