From what I’ve read, Ernest Shackleton was impossibly tough. He led his failed expedition through unbelievable exertion and privation, managed to sail under unimaginably difficult conditions to get help for his stranded crew who were subsisting on seal meat cooked over penguin skin fires. Pioneering American aviator Richard Byrd claimed in 1926 to be the first person to fly over our planet’s northern axis but probably he was fudging his numbers: The distance he claimed exceeded his aircraft’s fuel capacity and his navigation log had been erased and written over. It’s pretty clear that these two guys were polar opposites.
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honestly. the nerve of some people.
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- Dave Maleckar
- New Orleans
- I know you have your choice of blogs; thank you for choosing 100 word rant. I believe that any idea that needs more than 100 words isn't worth expressing in the first place. So I've dedicated myself to these rants: One hundred words, no more, no less, each and every week. I want to reach out, share some of my insights and, yes, a little of the wisdom I've picked up in my journey through this funny thing we call life. Plus, I don't get paid for this, and even a hundred free words is more than I can afford.
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