Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 24, 2015
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Transcript:
A year of rope! Artists Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh spent one year (1983-1984) connected by an 8 FT long rope- without ever touching! Let it go! In Yakutsk, Russia, all burials must take place in the summer- graves can only be dug from March through September due to permafrost! Volcanic lava flows at speeds up to 62 MPH- nearly 3 times as fast as Olympic sprinter!
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Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
So WHY were those two artists tethered together? As for the Yakustk burials, how do they preserve the bodies in the non-summer until then?
Marblemouth over 9 years ago
I think an olympic sprinter would go a lot faster if he/she were running down a steep slope. (Especially if there was some of that flowing lava involved.)
Brown Leghorn over 9 years ago
WHAT! I can run faster than 6.2 MPH and I am overweight and half crippled at 77, maybe even 10 MPH?
e.groves over 9 years ago
What is it about “Artists” doing weird stuff?
derdave969 over 9 years ago
Lava flows can be quite variable in speed. Depends on the type of lava slope of the ground etc. Pyroclastic flows can really move. The one at Mt. St. Hellens started at about 220 mph and accelerated to 670 mph. If you’re in range it’s pretty much “place your head between your knees.”
Tarredandfeathered over 9 years ago
Is Your favorite Volcano entering the Pyroclastic Olympics?
TLH1310 Premium Member over 9 years ago
I was taught that Permafrost was frozen solid all year long. If it thaws, it’s not permafrost.
John W Kennedy Premium Member over 9 years ago
Ain’t no difference between Yakutsk and East Barnard, Vermont.