ENDURANCE TEST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23417, 5 August 1939, Page 9 (Supplement)

ENDURANCE TEST

A YOUNG Danish student named Gunnar Nielsen has just walked from Skagen to Copenhagen, a matter of 330 miles, on a diet of milk and nothing else. He was quito untrained in longdistance walking no less than in milk-drinking, but he needed funds

Gems of Thought Courage is, on all hands, considered as an essential of high character. —Froude. Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience.—]. F. Clarke. Times without number In the Word of God rings out upon us, Thou shalt not be afraid. For courage is at the roots of life, and it is the soil in which every cirtue flourishes. — Harrison. Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue, and renders a man, in the pursuit or defence of right, superior to the fear of reproach, opposition, or contempt.—Goodrich. Moral courage is "the lion of the tribe of Juda," the kins of the mental realm.—Mary Baker Eddy.

to complete his studies, so he offered one of the big Danish dairy companies to test in this way, for a reward of 500 crowns, the sustaining qualities of milk. He did tho 330 miles in 13 days, followed all the way by an officially appointed companion on a bicycle. The first three days were pretty bad, as his feet were very sore, but after that tilings improved and he began to enjoy himself. His daily ration was four litres of fresh milk and one litre of butter-milk, sent to him in thermos flasks by car from Copenhagen. His companion could.

Long Walk On Diet of Milk

of coarse, eat what he liked, and it seems that lie gave himself the mischievous pleasure of flaunting his privilege, consuming juicy steaks and fragrant chips under poor Gunnnr's nose; but Gunnar revenged himself by walking from early morning until night without a stop, so that the other, being in duty bound to follow on his heels, was forced to go without his lunch. Grand Reception Gunnar had a grand reception with flowers and flags and a banquet when ho arrived in Copenhagen. His stockings were in rags, but otherwise he was in excellent condition, sun-burned, brighteyed, and smiling, and the medical examination to which he was subjected on arrival showed that ho had suffered not the slightest harm from his experiment. He had proved that it is possible to remain strong and healthy on an exclusive milk diet even while undergoing severe physical exertions.