Can you guess what Edmund Hillary (one of the first men to climb and explore mount Everest), Neil Armstrong (first man to set foot on and explore the moon), and Captain James Cook (first captain to cross and explore the Arctic Circle) have in common? If you guessed that none of them were pimps, you would be correct! This is because pimps, generally speaking, have no credentials for exploring uncharted places. However, this did not stop one monsieur Charles Bedaux from attempting to explore a trail for an Alaskan-Canadian highway back in 1934.
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| At least he'd be warm. |
Bedaux's expedition brought only the most essential items to their survival, to insure quick travel and survival. And by most essential, I mean his expedition consisted of: two limousines, five Citroen half-tracks (which were newly invented and supplied by a close friend), 130 horses loaded with caviar and champagne, a film crew, a few lucky scientific surveyors, his wife, a butler, a valet, a maid, and last but definitely not least, his mistress. Because pimp.
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| "Damn, my favorite chalice! I knew I forgot something!" |
Needless to say, the expedition went horribly. His vehicles were being slowed down by mud, so Bedaux threw out the surveying equipment to lighten the load. He then proceeded to filmed his team dumping a few of the half-tracks over a cliff to see if they would explode. They eventually turned around due to heavy snow 15 days away from their destination, because one can only be entertained for so long by caviar, demolition, mistresses, and exploration.
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| Needs more explosions. And champagne. |
Though the exploration was most probably just a publicity stunt, there has been some speculation that it was actually part of a Nazi plan to provide easier access to America from up north. This theory was wide spread by a movie later released about Bedaux's expedition entitled "The Champagne Safari."
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I expected him to be wearing at least one comically large hat
with a feather sticking out of it. |
Awesome.
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