It is just in our nature... 
Right Boo-Boo?
Yeah, Yogi, especially when there are delicious hikers in the area like that bunch over there-- 
Let's go eat 'em while they think we are cute and fizzy!
Posted on 01/25/2014 4:51:17 PM PST by Libloather
In the spring of 2015, Alex Bellini will fly to Greenland, jump on an iceberg, and live there until it melts.
As the chunk of ice floats southward to its thawing doom, he'll witness his new home get smaller and smaller until it is no more and he finds himself adrift in the ocean. He hopes to raise awareness of climate change and global warming, and to draw parallels between his mission and the broader human condition. The main challenge, however, will be finding ways to kill time; he'll be there for up to 12 months, the limit he's set on the task. It sounds tough, but Bellini's got a pretty solid track record when it comes to weird endurance stunts.
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It is just in our nature... Right Boo-Boo?
Yeah, Yogi, especially when there are delicious hikers in the area like that bunch over there-- Let's go eat 'em while they think we are cute and fizzy!
I was just thinking the same exact thing... flip this house... literally.
Since then, Bellini has turned his efforts to a string of bold challenges. In 2005, he set out to traverse the Atlantic Ocean in a seven-metre-long rowing boat; in 2008, he doubled-down and rowed across the Pacific (though he had to have some help right at the very end); in 2011, he pulled a Gump and ran from LA to New York in 70 days.
The guy is a barking moonbat, but you got to admire him for the things he has done
LA to NY in 70 days is running 40 + miles a day...
He he he he! :)
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It would be too bad if he slid into the ocean, never to be seen again.
Dunno. Used to live cheek-by-jowl with Black Bears in extremely northern California, up on the Smith River. They'd get into our garbage cans like dogs would. You'd hear a big, metallic ruckus outside, go out with a flashlight and a rifle on your shoulder and see a big fuzzy brown fanny sticking out of the overturned can. I'd yell at them to go away and they would, taking their time. I'd have to go clean the mess up in the morning. Later- I had to live even closer to them. Beyond the foregoing, they didn't give me a bad time and I didn't light them up. They were kind of annoying at times, but I liked being around them at the same time.
And good to eat.
Maybe he's a good fisherman, or can harpoon a passing seal or whale.
What happens when the iceberg rolls?
This is idiocy. Icebergs tend to turn over as they melt and change shape. He may find himself dumped, without warning;
and/or under the berg.
I hope he brings a boat — NOT.
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“Maybe he’s a good fisherman, or can harpoon a passing seal or whale.
PETA will not be happy.
Alex Bellini: When I decided to become an adventurer, I was simply trying to satisfy my inner urge for movement. By moving around, I have realized that it’s not what I do that matters, but what I feel while I’m doing it. And, while I am moving, I come up with much more creative thoughts—not by chance, great thinkers achieve their maximum lucidity when they’re moving. The best answers I’ve found in my life, I’ve found them while I was moving, not by googling them.
Wow, Alex considers himself one of the great thinkers . . . who knew?
Way before the ice melts, some 0 dark 30 while he is snug in his mummy bag, that iceberg will turn over, doubtful if he will survive (even in his pod). Congratulations to the future Darwin Award winner.
It makes their prey feel better.
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