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I have this idea walking on hot coals could be interesting.

Anyone done it?

Anything else weird out there that people might give a go?

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I haven't done it, but a group of friends did it earlier this year, to raise money for the Stroke Association (my friend's daughter had a stroke in her teens and has kind of become the poster girl for young stroke victims)

Terrible blistering occurred for one person.

I always wanted to swim the English Channel. Then I got too fat and the Russian Trawler Effect was a real risk :)

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I keep suggesting it to the wife but she is having none of it.

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I want to drive from oz to the UK.

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I'm with you. :thumbsup:

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I don't know why, but I have always wanted to visit north Korea.

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Ride a motorbike in the Himalayas but I'm unable to ride bikes any more so it would need a miracle.

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I once wanted to walk over hot coals. I thought it was just a mind over matter thing. The event that I saw advertised had it as a religious experience so thought, no thanks.

I have it in mind to visit Vietnam and Cambodia one of these days. For holiday not walk over hot coals.

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I did the lying down on a bed of nails, and then a 5km walk on embedded spikes (bits of dowel driven through sole of wooden krock type shoe).

Amazing how powerful the mind is.

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Walking over hot coals is neither mind over matter nor religious - it's all science, man.

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I'll PM you with some ways to get round it. :D

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I'd like to try smoking crack.

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Just ask Chris for some advice before you try it

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You're right. The trick is to walk slowly and deliberately, not try to run or hop. (Mythbusters taught me that)

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What's the science? How does it work?

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If you walk slowly you're putting small amounts of pressure on your feet. Running or hopping makes you put lots of weight/pressure which causes the coals to stick to your feet.
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It does look hot.

It would be good though.

Wouldn't it? :unsure:

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I think it would be great. :)

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A threesome..............

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Well, that's not so weird. Is it?

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Also, you're not really walking on hot coals - you're walking on a layer of ash which is much cooler than the coals. Ash is a good insulator, coal is a poor conductor and your feet are in contact with the coal for a short period of time.

Another reason not to run or hop across the coals is that it would cause your feet to sink deeper into the coals rather than walk across the top of them.

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Having a vagina

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Doing a forward abseil on Saturday with the hubbie. We have decided to do some every other month that is out of our comfort zone!

Edit - and it's cheap. 3 goes each for $70 total. VFM

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I'd like to go on a space walk.

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LOL.... I honestly thought you already had one :o

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I would like to live in a McMansion for the day and see what life is like.:p

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Not this week.

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find a gay man to do it with. :eek: :sneaky: :eek:

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i have a mangina :eek: :lol:

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Hours of practice with your legs crossed in front of the Mirror would have helped.

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seriously. i wanna try a non-accounting, non-office desk job. like a science lab technician or a wildlife officer or a personal trainer. to me it feels 'strange' earning money that way. sounds quite a lot of fun.

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requires a preparatory razor and shaving creme.

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Getting acquainted with somebody else's nuts is not my idea of fun.

I can barely look at my own :o :D

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you can cover it with plaster of paris.