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The Three Peaks Challenge

The Three Peaks Challenge

By Tom on July 8, 2009

The three peaks challenge involves walking 25 miles while climbing 2940m and driving 466 miles in 24 hours. The 3 peaks are the tallest in Scotland (Ben Nevis), England (Scarfell Pike) and Wales (Snowdon). We did it as a group of 10 including a very kind driver who didn’t walk. My legs have never been [...]

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The Food in the US

By Tom on October 10, 2008

You wouldn’t believe what they have as a optional extra at the Universal Studios theme park in Los Angeles… An unlimited food pass for THE WHOLE DAY. All the pie people (like me) walk around with bright pink arm bands that allow you, at any time in the day as often as you like, to [...]

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Hamburger in Hamburg (July 2008)

By Tom on July 14, 2008

I have completed one of my life’s ambitions. I have had a hamburger in Hamburg! It was a “Murder King” Whopper in Hamburg Hbf train station. I swear it tasted nicer than any other burger I’ve had.

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Ubuntu Cola (July 2008)

By Tom on July 8, 2008

In Stockholm we found a Cola drink with the same name as our favorite Operating System. It’s fair trade and tastes just as nice as the original Cocacola. Ubuntu roughly means “I am because we are”. From The Guardian: In fact, the word ubuntu is just part of the Zulu phrase “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu”, which [...]

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