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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. Answer? by sokk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "All of which begs the question, why not buy a motorbike?" Because then they wouldn't have hit the press.

  2. I was thinking more like... by hangareighteen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It begs the question: Why mention that he's a retired clown?

  3. Re:*gasps* by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All of which begs the question, why not buy a motorbike?

    Remember, this is the same crowd that will build antennae out of Pringles cans and will try to put Linux on every conceivable device with a microprocessor. We're geeks; it's because we can, and we'll do it with geek style while we're at it.