Rage David in Herefordshire

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Well 23 Everestors made it to Farmer Kinsey "BOOM BOOM" Herns chicken and apples farm in HEREFORSHIRE. 23 made it out in one piece as well.
I made it in complete leisure on Friday after travelling up with Nick Mullineaux from Oxford and we had time to take to the fields around the farm for a hour walk before checking in with Kinsey folks and arriving 4 hours arlier than expected. A great feed and catch up with the crew ensued before team sleeping in the local village hall. Anyone would think it was cold as the girls cranked the heat upto 33degrees which meant i got about 38mins sleep. Great.
So the big day arrived and events and results went something like this: -
Bleep test (3rd) very happy with this and my best test so far at level 13 in a chicken shed!!!
Caveman (8th ish) Rubbish at tossing a big stone over my head, disappointing.
As a reasonably fit guy i had been seeded in the top four for the weekend and needed some points in the strength events to cling on to the whippet runners, not a good start.
Michellin MAN: Hilarious team event in which we rolled a 5ft high tractor tyre around a 100m square course in teams of six. With a team of two girls against other teams with 1 girl we somehow won the event by a second with a photo finish and some high fives and shouting. More like it.
Team G next did a sterling job in stacking big stones on pallets game ( manual labour for the farm), we were robbed by some rule changes mid game, biased reffing and jealousy to be honest and my calm exterior and politness went AWOL as did my initial impression on new friends as i threw my toys into the sheep sh$t and started my noisy cross-examination of anyone and everyone. BULLONI. No change 3rd place and brimming with fury.
After lunch we started with the SCARECROW pushing those swiss roll style bails O'hay around a slalom stlye course. Going last i was seriously pumped about this one, started like a dream getting a head start in a one on one race with Kimi the tournament favourite and eventual winner. Turning after the slalom completed all i had to do was turn and burn it in to the end. What happened next can only be compared to a scarecrow brain fart. I hit every slalom barrier on the way back and decided to just power through which just hit the brakes on my Bail O'hay and Kiwi flew right by (film?) gutted I brought the dried grass home in 7th place when a W was well within my powers.
TUG OF WAR: Disasterous, Milo, Hog and myself would have done better standing on the rope rather than slip sliding ourselves to 3 losses and the girls were at a loss at our ineptitude and I soon lost the plot and let out somemore growls of rage.
Last up was the five mile finisher with a few hills. More like 6 miles and vertical travalators with quick sand fields. Gave it my all and then some with the tank feeling good and brought it home in third. Some great running with the top 7 guys going under 49 mins and looking strong. A good finish to a tough but very fun and productive day. Finished off with 9 pints of cider and a steak, grrrreat.

Overall i finished 11th with some email replying points on offer!!!!! When the mouse clicking was taken out I was a respectable 6th overall and therfore content ish with my labours and that my training and hard work wasn't a waste. Highlights include Tooves getting beaten by girls, Hog trying to crush himself like a worm with a big rock, our one win, the great attitude from all the girls and beef and banter from the lads. Amazingly well organised and executed from Kins and great team building weekend.