Unicyclist To Tackle Everest

Extreme unicyclist, Steve Colligan, plans on getting into the record books by tackling Mount Everest on a unicycle. Colligan has been riding for eight years and specializes in mountain unicycling. He says, "This will be 1,000km of unicycling across five mountain passes over 5,000m high, with the biggest decent in the world, at 4,600m. The route will go via Everest base camp on the Tibetan side. Most the riding will be dirt roads, so I'm taking my distance unicycle, fitted with an off-road tyre. The second part of my trip to the Himalayas will be riding down many 5,000m peaks in Nepal." If successful, Steve will become the odds-on favorite for the coveted Attention Whore of the Year Award.

Attention whore?

[AbsoluteXyro]

I don't see how that's attention whoring. It's just another guy with another dangerous hobby. It's not like he's Paris Hilton or some shit.

For charity, not attention whoring.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like samezenpus is continuing the strong tradition of editors not reading the articles they post.

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The 47-year-old, from Manchester, is undertaking the feat next week to raise money to build a school in Nepal.
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I guess I can see how you would interpret it as attention whoring if you're a moron.

Are you kidding me?

[Xs1t0ry]

This guy is amazing. Think about it. Think about HIM unicycling a mountain. Then think about you sitting in front of your computer monitor, slightly slouched so the small of your back never touches the chair. Well? Is he looking cooler?