Spencer is sooo amazing

Still quite the achievement

I wouldn't be his biggest fan but it's a pretty decent achievement. I mean I doubt I could run 30 marathons in a lifetime, let alone in a month on sand in that heat. Least it was for charity.

Who is Spencer?.

Eh…OK.

30x26=780 miles

That is one long run to be fair

Call me simple but I think its quite funny

90% of your posts are whinging about what posters post on boards. How about stop crying and add something? Non stop bitching. You're some wum doctor

Easier to do when you have no financial worries. Kind of like all things of that nature , they're the preserve of the wealthy. Still took some doing.

no clue who he is but running 780 miles,through the desert is some feat!!! be a bit of an achievement to DRIVE that distance through desert sand/rocks and heat,not forgetting the cold at night…

One half of an insufferable couple whose handlers and RTE keep pushing on us. Famous for no good reason.

I am not getting annoyed.

I raised an interesting point. People expend a lot of energy exercising on treadmills, running across deserts, etc, when they could use the same energy to do something useful.

So, he could still have raised that money for charity, and help put a roof on a school or planted 1000 oak trees.

And he could still have got a load of social media likes as well.

Win win win.

Yes we could all do way more if we had the work free-care free-cash rich life some of these simpletons do.

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Wouldn't you do the same if you were married to herself.

When my father went into rehab for alcohol addiction the doctor met with my mother and told her that very often one addiction can be replaced with another, and for him it was cycling, it became an obsession with him and between that and the relapses back into drinking it finished the marriage. I guess an addictive personality doesn't care what it's addicted too

How is it an interesting point. People do things they like to do & are able versus doing things for the good of everyone else. Is that not just life in general. How much time do you spend on hobbies versus making the world a better place?

Look I'd prefer that man run than be responsible for any building work as he's no qualifications. Some things, like building schools, should be maybe left to professionals.

That doesn't smack of jealousy at all. Look I don't know the guy, don't know how smart he is but anything I've seen him on recently he's come across as ok. I mean he didn't have to bring down that sherpa's body from Everest for his family when he had gone to retrieve his brother, but he did. That's pretty good. And just because someone is rich, doesn't mean they're care free. Everyone has issues and struggles.

It was admirable what he did bringing down that body yes, but that and marathon running for charity is not much different to videoing yourself giving to beggars for thanks and likes whoring and building a profile, only on a bigger budget.

When herself tried to eject someone out of their seat on a flight and didn't get her way she became very well known, I'll give you that.

It's lucky we have psychic people to defend us from this feux charity stuff though :) hehehe.

People who have never got up off their ass to better the world in any way who can look at people who have done so - and look into their hearts and minds from a distance - and illuminate for the rest of us what their actual self serving motivations and agendas truly are. Imagine all the people we risk mistaking for being genuine - if Professor X's psychic X-Men were not among us and defend us from the clearly dangerous notion that there might be some genuine and altruistic people in the world.

To be honest though, I do not think I particularly care either way. I am more utilitarian on that level. If someone is genuinely doing something which makes the world a better place - directly by bringing money and attention and awareness to those who need it - and indirectly by then also inspiring people to get off the sofa and start getting after it themselves - then if their motivation is social media thanks whoring I genuinely couldn't care less. Give them their thanks.

The people who are going to moan about it seem to me to be often people who themselves have done nothing for anyone ever. :p Though I genuinely do not see how going out with a camera and filming yourself dropping coins in a hat - something any fat ass kid could do today with the phone they have their face permanently stuck into - is quite comparable with an achievement that may have taken months or even years of effort, energy, time, training, preparation, suffering and financial outlay. Yea SO similar :-p face palm

It's also often people who have never done a genuine thing themselves who seem to me to come out with moans like on this thread "Why did he use his energy to do good in THAT way when he could have done good in this OTHER way instead??". As if charity and altruism must be this cookie cutter thing that everyone must do it the same way or it's a waste. No - that area of humanity is made better by people doing it in different ways, with different voices, different agendas, and different ideas. Perhaps it is these keyboard moaners who are the ones actually thanks whoring. The next level of virtue signalling appears to be to mindlessly police other peoples virtues for them not being quite virtuous enough.

Some people set out to do charity directly. They fly off somewhere to help build a school or they go out manning soup trucks and much more. This is all great stuff. We do need people who do this.

Other people however monetise for charity, something they were probably going to do anyway. And that's just as useful and just as valid. For many people, marathoning one's way across a large desert would be a life goal anyway. Why not monetise that goal and benefit people directly (money) and indirectly (inspiration) in doing so? And again why is it so often people who themselves appear to have done nothing more than bang a keyboard ever - who actually care? :)

all the better to …

I wouldn't be a fan of theirs but credit to him. Some achievement accomplished.

Thanks. Keep us updated.

Who is Spencer ?