The Incan relay system could transport news 150 miles per day. The runners, stationed every 2 miles, would run at top speeds and blow a conch shell to tell the next runner they were arriving. The next runner would fall into step beside them, hear and memorize the message, and then run at top speed to the next messenger. The system was so fast they could carry fresh fish from the Pacific Ocean to the Incan king in the Andes valley of Cuzco – without the fish spoiling.
Notes: Photo: Inca Trail via G Adventures
A thrilling game of telephone – I wonder what the initial message sounded like at the end…
Smiling. Interesting.
The perfect inspiration to carry me off to the gym in this rainy Monday morning….
You are relentless with your workouts.
Ok. I wasn’t totally honest. It’s annoying REALLY, how I look to justvget out of bed and you are already at the gym. Every single day. Annoying..!😊
I DON’T LIKE IT.
IT GETS DEEP UNDER MY SKIN. (EVEN NOW AS I READ THIS)
I’m borderline obsessive-compulsive about my workouts (if it makes ya feel any better to view it as a sickness… 😉)
Borderline obsessive-compulsive? You think?
I prefer to view it as *extreeeeeemmmmeeely* dedicated. 😉
And I can “feel” you smiling. As my intestines process that white vinegar based cream that covered the strawberries that we had for dessert last night. (Is that stomach cramps I’m feeling?). I’m not in a good place. No. And you, YOU, are solely responsible.
I’m giggling, I admit it. (Though I hate it to think I created an episode of intestinal distress for you. What did S think? Hope *someone* in the house liked my concoction!) 😊
As to the concoction…it was “OK”, but I couldn’t rid the mind of the core ingredient. (Sorry)
The bigger problem was that the next day, we had this:
http://americanlifestylemag.com/strawberry-mousse-pretzel-pie/
Now this was something to get after…
As you climb your infinite ladder in the gym, staying sleek and thin, I’m sharing a seat on this train made for one, and something uncomfortable is hanging over my belt. Uggghhhhh.
That was a slew of funny… I hope Lori gets as much a kick out of it as I did (once she gets off that infernal infinity ladder, that is) – I’m with you… darn those motivated peeps!
Dale, there is something wrong with her, seriously wrong.
Seriously.
Ok, forget giggling, now I’m just flat out laughing. Where are ya on that plank challenge? Have ya tried Barre? FABULOUS for whipping that abdominal wall into shape.. (I’m sorry, but you started it…)
OMG Plank. You remembered that? What a dig! Wow. Still reeling….
amazing. and such a cooperative effort. if just one person in the chain balked, it was off.
True!
Ahhh. When life was organically simple in many ways.
Organically simple. Love that Peg. Agree. Thanks.
Up and at em!! There’s a message out there 😎
There is!
They had a “writing” system using knots on a row of strings. I’ve always wondered how that worked. It sounds like their courier system may have been in service longer than our Pony Express, but I’ve never looked into that. Amazing to think that they had good roads running all the way from Colombia to Chile.
Amazing is the word. All of it…
Amazing – wow!
Yep.
Like Mimi said, I wonder if the message stays true from beginning to end…
🙂
The pony express; without the ponies. Amazing!
-Alan
It is!
Love this! 😀
Hey, David…. What about the naming of Australia Fun Fact…
Now that’s infinitely more interesting…. 😉 😉
Come on Carolyn. Are there any fun facts in the Penal Colony you are running?
What about the world’s largest orgasm…. err… organism ~ The Great Barrier Reef? Lots of fun there… and… it was there long before the Brits landed.. !
LAUGHING!
Learn something new everyday! Thanks for sharing, David. That’s truly amazing!
I was awed too Yvonne. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for sharing David………………….