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[iargue]

http://www.telegraph...r-18-miles.html

Nigel Jardine, 56, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, walked 1,060 metres in one hour around an octagonal circuit of glass at the Bageecha restaurant in his home town of Horsforth – breaking the previous record of 960 metres.

The sports coach and motivational expert carried on for 27-and-a-half hours until he had covered the equivalent of 30 kilometres, or 18 miles.

He said: "I'm used to walking on broken glass but I suppose the customers at the restaurant weren't used to watching someone do it as they tucked into their meals."

Mr Jardine was allowed five-minute breaks every hour during the challenge to have a drink, visit the lavatory or have a lie down.

His feat was in aid of Action for Children, the leading children’s charity. He said he felt a strong connection with the charity’s work because he was abused as a child mentally and physically, both at home and at school.

He said the glass walk reflected a child’s response to abuse: treading carefully, avoiding pain, not wanting to get hurt.

[Cory]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6078386/Man-sets-record-by-walking-on-broken-glass-for-18-miles.html

Was about to rant about how much of a dumb ass this guy is until I read it was for charity. Makes it slightly less idiotic.

[loopyco]

It's like hot coals, once your used to it. It has no pain effect.

[jcrdude]

Except for walking on broken glass isn't so bad because of walking with flat feet and weight distribution...

Not so for hot coals... that shit still burns no matter how you walk... unless you walk super fast... even then you're risking injury

[phalkon]

guy still has balls

[redlion]

Yeah I wouldn't do it unless I was paid. Sounds like pain on hours end.

[iargue]

More then a fucking day of pain

[Noitidart]

Dang how much got stuck in his feet?

[Waterloo]

That's ... intense.

Whoa.

[pyke]

Pretty impressive. I'd probably walk on glass for about 1/10th a second before I lost my shit.

[iargue]

I mean... It had to have not just cut, but torn up his skin. Made it into a mesh. If it had just cut his skin, he would have lost too much blood and died. So his skin instead turned into a mesh of blood and glass.... And people ate while watching it.

[jcrdude]

A tutorial on how to walk on glass:

• Many glass walkers use broken wine or champagne bottles. Unlike broken bottle necks or drinking glasses,these pieces have a relatively gentle curve. You're not very likely tofind a piece of glass with multiple sharp edges sticking straight up.
• Thebed of glass is usually thick. When you step down, the pieces shiftagainst each other, moving the edges away from your foot. Some peopleuse a slightly padded surface under the glass, adding a little extragive.
• Glass walkers typically take slow steps,repositioning their feet if they feel very sharp points. This gives theglass lots of time to settle and adds an extra measure of protectionagainst punctures.
• Tiny pieces of glass that are likely to embed themselves into the skin naturally sift to the bottom of the pile.­

Source

Yes, it's dangerous... just not as dangerous as everyone's thinking it is

[pyke]

The fact that there is a tutorial on how to walk on glass properly is a little disturbing.

[iargue]

A tutorial on how to walk on glass:

• Many glass walkers use broken wine or champagne bottles. Unlike broken bottle necks or drinking glasses,these pieces have a relatively gentle curve. You're not very likely tofind a piece of glass with multiple sharp edges sticking straight up.
• Thebed of glass is usually thick. When you step down, the pieces shiftagainst each other, moving the edges away from your foot. Some peopleuse a slightly padded surface under the glass, adding a little extragive.
• Glass walkers typically take slow steps,repositioning their feet if they feel very sharp points. This gives theglass lots of time to settle and adds an extra measure of protectionagainst punctures.
• Tiny pieces of glass that are likely to embed themselves into the skin naturally sift to the bottom of the pile.­

Source

Yes, it's dangerous... just not as dangerous as everyone's thinking it is

I dropped a glass once, and A piece hit my barefoot and cut it so badly, that it bled (With pressure on it), and it bled for 4 and a half hours. I have normal nutrient levels, and usual cuts heal in 5-10 mins.

You wont catch me doing this... Ever

[luvsmyncis]

Except for walking on broken glass isn't so bad because of walking with flat feet and weight distribution...

I know what you mean. I have a friend who is a street magician who lays face down in a pile of broken glass, and picks the fattest guy in the crowd to come stand on his back and head. And the fattest guy in the crowd in south Texas... let's just say it's usually a 300+ pound guy. The magician always gets up without a cut.
I don't know how his skull doesn't cave in, but the glass is never the issue.

He also extinguishes cigarettes on his tongue.

Anyway. In all fairness, I think a lot of people would find the act of walking 18 miles a challenge in itself.
The fattest guy in the crowd would never do that.

[jcrdude]

I dropped a glass once, and A piece hit my barefoot and cut it so badly, that it bled (With pressure on it), and it bled for 4 and a half hours. I have normal nutrient levels, and usual cuts heal in 5-10 mins.

You wont catch me doing this... Ever

1. Wrong type of glass
2. Not enough glass
3. FLYING GLASS OF DOOM

Glass walking - you did it wrong

[iargue]

1. Wrong type of glass
2. Not enough glass
3. FLYING GLASS OF DOOM

Glass walking - you did it wrong

/Sigh.

Spontaneous glass walking fail.

[jcrdude]

/Sigh.

Spontaneous glass walking fail.

I know... seems counterintuitive... one of the reasons you failed is because you DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH GLASS...

That seems like an oxymoron for some reason...

[pyke]

/Sigh.

Spontaneous glass walking fail.

Shoulda read the guide

[Metigue]

Shoulda read the guide

My guide is don't do it xD

If it was setup properly I would probably do it actually.

[Aurora]

That would be painful.

[Amour]

I really like his quote that was included.

"I'm used to walking on broken glass but I suppose the customers at the restaurant weren't used to watching someone do it as they tucked into their meals."

I'd love to gross people out eating dinner. Awesome!

[Rikku]

Except for walking on broken glass isn't so bad because of walking with flat feet and weight distribution...

Not so for hot coals... that shit still burns no matter how you walk... unless you walk super fast... even then you're risking injury

Actually the coals are actually not all that hot on the surface. It may seem that way but they are not. And if you were to jsut walk across them at a regular pace you wouldn't even get burned. If you ran your feet would pound down into the coals and you would get hurt... It's kind of cool actually.

Source: Myth Busters!!!

[nerdgirl]

Quite so. you can see this effect at home:

Next time you toast a sandwich in your oven, do it on aluminum foil. Bend the edges up so you can get a hold of them. Toast your sandwich. You can easily grab the aluminum foil to take your sandwich out of the oven--no need for oven mitts. You won't burn your hands. Just don't touch the oven rack.

Actually, you can grab the sandwich directly, if you're sure not to touch the melted cheese and if the sandwich is dry toasted, not steaming. Bread is similarly unwilling to transfer heat to your hands.

The aluminum foil actually is 350 degrees (or whatever); but it's thin enough to have a low heat capacity. An aluminum pan wouldn't be as kind to your hands.

Same goes for the porous rocks they tend to use to walk on "hot coals". It's physics!

Edited by nerdgirl, 12 September 2009 - 06:38 PM.