Last week a self-styled explorer successfully completed the first crossing of the Atlantic in an open wicker basket hot-air balloon. It was his third attempt. He is now considering ballooning over the top of Everest. The same day, a former cancer patient began an underwater marathon along Loch Ness. He is wearing an ancient diving suit. The walk in the pitch dark along the bottom of the loch at the rate of two miles a day will take two weeks.
What do young people think of these extraordinary ventures? What is the point of them? The Loch Ness marathon walker is raising money for charity.
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