Ouch

I watched this great show on ESPN2 tonight called "Viking: The Ultimate Obstacle" It was some pretty funny stuff. It is this show that is filmed over in Japan and it is a game show type of thing I guess. It is basically an obstacle course that people have to run in under 2 minutes and all the different obstacle stations are supposed to be like parts of a ship or something. (Hence the Viking reference) They are some pretty tough obstacles too; I don't think I could make it through the course even if I wasn't being timed. So it is all these little Japanese dudes running around killing themselves trying to climb a rotating "wheel" that was about 30 ft tall, swinging on ropes, or run on rotating balls (Cannonball Run) . I think there were 50 some contestants and only 6 made it past the first round. The best part of the show though is probably the wipe-outs. Some of these guys bit it really hard, especially on the Cannonball Run, they would slip on the 2 or 3 ball and smash their chest or head into the upcoming platform. It was pretty brutal a couple of times. It was some pretty intense stuff and the guys who finished were amazing.
You gotta see it to believe it.