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they're adventurists.put together all kinds of mind blowing challenging and scary races. >> you are completely right. this video uploaded by adventurists from the same grid. you can see they're interviewing and talking to all these people. a little invoe about the mongol rally 2016. it's crazy. a 10,000 mile race from the uk to siberia via mongolia. it has only three rules. you must do it in a classically small vehicle. you're on your own. and you must raise 1,000 pounds, that's about $1300 u.s. dollars. >> i would love to be a part of this some day. >> there's no backup. no support and there's no set route. you just kind of have to figure it out and get to where you're going. >> it's not about being quick. it's all about the adventure. it's all about getting help from locals. fixing things yourself. coming up with solutions while you're out in the field. >> i admire every single participant. >> how long does it take to do the whole thing. >> you have to be at the finish line by september 12th. >> the guys
they're adventurists.put together all kinds of mind blowing challenging and scary races. >> you are completely right. this video uploaded by adventurists from the same grid. you can see they're interviewing and talking to all these people. a little invoe about the mongol rally 2016. it's crazy. a 10,000 mile race from the uk to siberia via mongolia. it has only three rules. you must do it in a classically small vehicle. you're on your own. and you must raise 1,000 pounds, that's about...
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. >> one of our favorite motorcycle adventurists on this show, alex, just dropped another really funwesome video. this time he was cruising around and man is this a country that's at the top of my bucket list. alex, circumnavigated the entire island over the course of ten days, and it's nothing more than wow. >> i'm so jealous of him. >> that's pretty cool. alex was traveling with a buddy in certain parts of the short film but all of this he shot himself, including these drone shots where he was riding with one hand and flying the drone with the other with a controller in his lap. >> seriously, alex, you're already gangsta, you don't need to gangsta fight us anymore doing that. >> one very near miss where he's riding side by side with his buddy flying the drone. a big old truck comes up behind him. the nerves. whoops. that's a close call alex almost flew the drone into the side of that truck. lots of people have so many questions about the travel videos they started to do a blog. this one is his first. it shows all of the behind-the-scenes stuff, what he went through to capture his i
. >> one of our favorite motorcycle adventurists on this show, alex, just dropped another really funwesome video. this time he was cruising around and man is this a country that's at the top of my bucket list. alex, circumnavigated the entire island over the course of ten days, and it's nothing more than wow. >> i'm so jealous of him. >> that's pretty cool. alex was traveling with a buddy in certain parts of the short film but all of this he shot himself, including these drone...
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president would be much wiser than previous one, less pyro maniac, as i said, less militaristic, adventurist president, that's what we hope. but we never saw. and the difference is very marginal, so we keep hoping, but we don't bet on that hope. >> so there will be a new president. there are two main choices. one of them is donald trump. what do you know of mr. trump? >> nothing. just what i heard in the media. that what i say, we don't have to waste our time hearing what they say during their campaign, they're going to change after they become elected. and this is where you have to start evaluating the president, after the campaign, not during the campaign. >> and what are you hearing in the media about mr. trump. >> the conflict between the american. we don't pay much attention to it. even this race between the different, let's say, nominees, is changing the campaign. so what you hear today is not relevant tomorrow. so we cannot base our politics on day-to-day politics. >> but you're following this election? >> not really. not really. because as i said, you don't follow anything that you c
president would be much wiser than previous one, less pyro maniac, as i said, less militaristic, adventurist president, that's what we hope. but we never saw. and the difference is very marginal, so we keep hoping, but we don't bet on that hope. >> so there will be a new president. there are two main choices. one of them is donald trump. what do you know of mr. trump? >> nothing. just what i heard in the media. that what i say, we don't have to waste our time hearing what they say...
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everything was just new and adventurist and interesting. >> as part of a class project at rhode islandion jacob pitched his design to a company that would license the star spangled spatula. >> the neat thing is that it reflects jacob's playfulness and his ability to see things the way he would look at life. >> he felt like the quintessential american food was the stuff that comes off the grill. >> to preserve the patriotic design, jacob advocated to keep production of plastic and stainless steel versions within the united states. >> he thought it was ironic to have something american flag like to be made somewhere else. >> one year later, just as jacob was beginning grad school, he started having trouble swallowing. jacob was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer at the age of 23. he underwent an extensive proton therapy at penn medicine. >> the proton therapy was positive energy. he was really excited because he said that's what i really need right now is positive energy. >> it was during his treatment that jacob decided he wanted a portion of the proceeds from the star spangled spatula to
everything was just new and adventurist and interesting. >> as part of a class project at rhode islandion jacob pitched his design to a company that would license the star spangled spatula. >> the neat thing is that it reflects jacob's playfulness and his ability to see things the way he would look at life. >> he felt like the quintessential american food was the stuff that comes off the grill. >> to preserve the patriotic design, jacob advocated to keep production of...
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. >> they had to go through a lot of challenges to make the story fun and adventurist. for a good blockbuster movie. do you have anyone in mind for the main character? >> originally i was so against it. i would rather it be a good book that 100 people read than a terrible movie 100,000 people saw. the kids come up to me and they demand a movie. i no longer have that option. >> it's a done deal. people have spoken. >> right. so i think it's definitely going to happen. right now i'm taking my time to make sure it's with the right people and it's also a good movie and why make a movie that can't be a good movie. >> between writing bestselling novels, you found time to maintain your acting career. this is huge. you'll appear in a new film. your role came about organically. >> i have been a huge fan of the show. jennifer saunders has been a personal hero for mine. a few years back, i didn't have friends in london so i just reached out to her and asked if she wanted to come to the show. she did. we became friendly. she said she was going to do a film and i to be in it. the re
. >> they had to go through a lot of challenges to make the story fun and adventurist. for a good blockbuster movie. do you have anyone in mind for the main character? >> originally i was so against it. i would rather it be a good book that 100 people read than a terrible movie 100,000 people saw. the kids come up to me and they demand a movie. i no longer have that option. >> it's a done deal. people have spoken. >> right. so i think it's definitely going to happen....