Absolutely Insane, but Incredible none the less
This weekend marked the passing of the annual “Tough Guy” competition in South Staffordshire Great Britain. Thousands of competitors compete on a team or as individuals against each other and the clock for their attempt to earn a coveted winner’s metal by finishing in under the time limit (3 hours and twelve minutes).
Sounds simple enough right:
Wrong, this isn’t some kind of walk in the park. Competitors face obsticles such as: The Tiger - two giant forty foot a frames that must be scaled, complete with charged up electric fences to pass in between; The Behemoth - four towers attached by criss-crossing ropes entrants scale one tower then have to navigate the ropes to the final tower; Fiery Holes - self explanitory(see above); The Vietcong tunnels - a series of used sewer pipes piercing the landscape to be navigated; The Stalog escape - a crawl through swampy water beneath barbed wire; and just before the finish The Hill a giant ominous hill of muck and mud to sap whatever remaing energy the competitors have left from the mentally and physically grueling course.
Many congratulations to a very “tough guy” indeed, the first place finisher in this years contest Vito Grafagnino who completed the course in a little over an hour.
For complete details on the course, the training, charitable contributions and entrance info(if you’ve got the stones) go here
February 8th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
You can count me out of that one… Is it a Tough Guy competition or a Mad Idiots Contest?