Harder and harder

Britan's Hardest man competition continues to entertain us on TV. There is something about the setting (a ruined industrial hall), Ian 'the Machine' Freeman (head judge and the Ultimate Fighting Champion), and the sadistically designed events that keeps both me and Kolibri entertained.

A further proof that there is indeed justice in the world, a car-salesman was taken out of the competition by a 56-year old grandfather in the semi-finals (to be fair the old-timer is a ex-navy as well as a butcher by the trade). Kolibri was starting to be afraid that the whole final would be taken over by evil salesmen of different nominations, while all rugged martial artists, powerlifters, boxers and special forces soldiers would be knocked out of the competition.

This episode had the most mentally challenging event yet, where the contestants had to stick their heads into a container and keep their breath as long as possible while 60 kg of fine sand was poured in. It was amazing how quickly even the toughest cracked -clearly the feeling of getting buried under sand is extremely unpleasant, and triggers an instinctive reaction no matter how hard you are.

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