In keeping with the theme of peculiar patents we turn our attention to ‘firsts’ of another kind.
We remember the first plane flight, the first man to walk on the surface of the moon.
Even the longest fart.
Apologies, the most extended flatulent.
Records are made to be broken or so we are told. Indeed many agree with the sentiment.
When asked why he, George Mallory, decided to climb Everest, he replied….
Because it’s there.
George Mallory
It puts me in mind of an old episode of Jeremy Clarksons’ Motorworld.
In an episode from Iceland a man made a statement regarding why they were building cars to deliberately try to climb nearly vertical hills.
The land exists as a sort of challenge, it’s put there to challenge us, to test us. We must accept.
Random Icelandic Bad-ass
So who exactly was the first person to throw themselves headfirst off a bridge, or eat dinner & the dishes?
With this I present to you an 8 part series –
Dem Big Feats
When I see three oranges, I juggle; when I see Two Towers, I walk.
Philippe Petit
These are the words of the French funambulist, when on August 7th, of the year 1974, after a grueling six years of planning, he stepped onto his rope some 410m off of the ground (1,350ft) to make his then illegal walk across.
Initially charged, the charges were dropped and he was given a lifetime pass to the observation deck.
THE NECROMANCER 