'Tough Guy' contest: Eight miles of mud, barbed wire, broken glass and fire...

[Blue_Tires]

More than 5,000 people worldwide descended on a small corner of farmland today to brave mud, rain, ice and fire on a gruelling assault course dubbed 'the world's hardest endurance test'.

Thousands of competitors, some in superhero fancy dress as Superman and Robocop, flocked to the 'Tough Guy' contest in Perton, Staffordshire, today to push their bodies to the limit in frosty temperatures.

The eight-mile long assault course features terrifying underwater tunnels, barbed wire fences and fire walks.

It sees competitors stretched to their physical boundaries as they clamber over nets, walls and even an electrified fence dubbed 'The Tiger'.

Brave Britons, Aussies, New Zealanders, Chinese and Japanese all took part in the rainy event - which saw its fair share of broken bones and bruised bodies.

Among the competitors were serving policemen and military personnel - but some of the more daring wore costumes, including 25 people dressed up as Liquorice Allsorts.

Event organiser Mouser Wilson, said: 'We' didn't have much ground space, we had about 7,000 people here and we had to shut the doors to the public because everybody wanted to do it.

'We have had to turn at least a thousand away.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1247492/Tough-Guy-contest-Eight-miles-mud-barbed-wire-broken-glass--race-defies-elf-safety-culture.html

[Kali]

1. sounds like a normal day around here

well except for the mud and rain (although January was not bad for a change)

[guitar man]

2. Pffft, 8 miles... That's nothing

I walked 47 miles of barbed wire and
use a cobra snake for a neck tie...

:D

[Blue_Tires]

3. kick