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Teacher lasts 20 hours on roller coaster to win, $1,000

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:29 AM

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http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/Teacher+lasts...=abc&date=False

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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - A Minnesota high school has teacher lasted 20 hours on a roller coaster to win the Ride the Tide Challenge at the Mall of America.

Jim Salava, 40, of Oakdale, was declared the winner at the Nickelodeon Universe theme park when his final opponent stepped down at 2:35 a.m. Tuesday.

Salava was among 10 riders who boarded the Avatar Airbender at 6:30 a.m. Monday. The pool dwindled to three riders just three hours into the competition.

The Avatar Airbender averages 69 km/h and reaches heights of 21 metres. Other than bathroom and meal breaks, contestants remained on the ride at all times - even to sleep.

The top prize includes a family cruise, $1,000 spending cash and a lifetime pass to the theme park.

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Draco Icebane	Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:30 AM
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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:36 AM

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QUOTE (Draco Icebane @ Jul 23 2008, 01:30 PM)

how are you going to sleep in that

It only lasted 20 hours... There's no need to sleep.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:45 AM

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QUOTE (Guinea @ Jul 23 2008, 05:36 AM)

It only lasted 20 hours... There's no need to sleep.

There is if you want to get more than 4 hours of sleep a day.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:49 AM

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QUOTE (Draco Icebane @ Jul 23 2008, 01:45 PM)

There is if you want to get more than 4 hours of sleep a day.

You could just sleep more the next day..
I don't think that a person who rides a roller-coaster for 20 hours is that nitpicky about the hours of sleep a day.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:50 AM

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QUOTE (Guinea @ Jul 23 2008, 05:49 AM)

You could just sleep more the next day..

Doesn't work. Body doesn't let you borrow 4 today and add it tomorrow, you'll feel that four for a week.

sitanel	Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:55 AM
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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:56 AM

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QUOTE (sitanel @ Jul 23 2008, 05:55 AM)

The healthiest amount of time a human can sleep for is 4-7 hours a night so he'll be fine.

Oh god, 4-7? I've done four, it's not healthy. You wake up dead. Seriously.

You need six to eight.

Raccoon Sam	Posted: Jul 23 2008, 07:58 AM
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sitanel	Posted: Jul 23 2008, 08:00 AM
Regular Group: Members Posts: 103 Member No.: 2340 Joined: 16-July 06 Status: (0d)	It's been scientifically PROVEN that between 4-7 allows you to live longer. And besides, it's quite easy to break a circadian rythm so you CAN borrow hours from the next day, not to mention that your rythm is actually 25 hours and just gets reset, so if he can't break his he gets atleast 5 hours.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 08:03 AM

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QUOTE (sitanel @ Jul 23 2008, 06:00 AM)

It's been scientifically PROVEN that between 4-7 allows you to live longer.

Then I guess I am the exception to the rule, eh? Every time I don't get 6-8, I feel like killing myself. :]

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And besides, it's quite easy to break a circadian rythm so you CAN borrow hours from the next day

lol no. i've been trying to do this for years.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 08:15 AM

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QUOTE (Draco Icebane @ Jul 23 2008, 07:56 AM)

Oh god, 4-7? I've done four, it's not healthy. You wake up dead. Seriously.

You need six to eight.

i guess i am a living dead person because normally i only get 3-4 hours of sleep

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 08:32 AM

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QUOTE (Draco Icebane @ Jul 23 2008, 08:03 AM)

Then I guess I am the exception to the rule, eh? Every time I don't get 6-8, I feel like killing myself. :]

lol no. i've been trying to do this for years.

Same here. If I wake up in the middle of the night for water or whatever, even if it's only five minutes, I wake up more tired than when I went to sleep.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 08:36 AM

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QUOTE (Draco Icebane @ Jul 23 2008, 07:30 AM)

how are you going to sleep in that

Eh, depends on how -bad- the ride is I guess. Like if it's really jerky and has those uber long drops then no way, but if the ride is fairly tame I can see myself getting bored enough to sleep.

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 08:37 AM

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QUOTE (Mug @ Jul 23 2008, 06:36 AM)

Eh, depends on how -bad- the ride is I guess. Like if it's really jerky and has those uber long drops then no way, but if the ride is fairly tame I can see myself getting bored enough to sleep.

actually to be honest i sleep better in awkward positions and bumpy rides than in a comfortable bed :+

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Posted: Jul 23 2008, 09:33 AM

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so it averages like 40mph and reaches a WHOPPING 60 feet at its highest point

amazing. that man is really 1337

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