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Segway Riders Get High on Mount Washington

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the easier-to-walk dept.

TacticalJack writes "Rob Owen, a retired clown, and two other riders surged up Mount Washington at 12.5 mph, the AP reports. It took the Segway riders two and half hours to complete the 7.6 mile endurance test. The team used six batteries, fought off 50 mph winds and battled bitter cold to reach the 6,288-foot mountain summit. All of which begs the question, why not buy a motorbike?"

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  1. Re:Motorized by RevSmiley · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    dam it's a Joke. And only 50 MPH winds? hehehe.

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  2. Retired Clown == John Howard by wigam · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That retired clown looks like John Howard the Prime Minister of Australia!!

  3. A little observation... by MoggyMania · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First type: proud of what he/she is and focuses energies on interesting "geeky" stuff.

    Second type: would rather be fashionable and focuses his/her time on bashing everybody that isn't.

    Funny, all the geeks I know in the first category have little problem getting dates (usually with others that enjoy the same interests :) while the ones in the second group spend their time sneering about how geeks like themselves are supposedly too "dorky" to have a relationship.

    Personally, I find guys that are secure enough in their self-esteem/masculinity/whatever to ride a Segway or do other "dorky" things quite attractive/cool. That is why I am marrying that kind of guy, and have turned down the immature/insecure/vicious mudslinging kind constantly -- I want to be with an adult, not an oversized angsty teenage boy.