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Lawn Chair Larry's unlikely flight spawned many imitators. In 2008, Oregon man Kent Couch successfully took his own balloon-powered lawn chair on a 235-mile (378 km) trek across the state, traveling across the Idaho state line. This was Couch's third trip - his second stopped just short of the state line, while the first ended with him parachuting from the chair after popping too many balloons...
...quantity—“We were really happy to have pretty high quality bikes this year,” says Kelley. To those bike-less Quadlings out there, better luck next year. It looks like you’re stuck with the shuttle or the long, cold trek through Cambridge Commons for the time being...
Some of the Crimson’s less experienced co-ed sailors made an even shorter trek over to Boston University to compete in the Central Series Three regatta on the Charles River...
This turns out to be more convenient than free concerts under the $25 BSO College Card, because for that, you would have to trek all the way to the box office on the day of the concert to see if they actually have tickets available for that night. For this new deal, which was made possible by an anonymous (elderly?) donor, you can actually buy tickets online and show your photo ID when you're picking up your tickets at the door...
...protesters redirected what turned out to be a winding, three-hour trek, they pushed more Dumpsters into the street, or downhill toward law enforcement, and smashed the windows of a Boston Market and Mini car dealership, along with 17 banks and other businesses, by police count. The cops countered with repeated use of a projected, high-pitched noise that had many marchers plugging their ears - reportedly the first use of such a device in the U.S. In one of the few times police gave chase rather than standing their ground, they were pelted with rocks and pieces of macadam, countering...