meeting buzz aldrin

The highlight of my day at Buckingham Palace last month was having a chat with fellow presenter Buzz Aldrin. I mentioned to him that it took a couple of months of climbing before I was able to reach the summit of Everest, but that I reckoned he must have gone past 29,035 feet in about seven seconds on July 16th, 1969. “Well, Paul” Buzz explained, “The Saturn V was a little slow on take-off, so I guess it took us a few more seconds than that.” Now it seems that Buzz is linking up with Apple legend Steve Wozniak to drive to the South Pole in a hydrogen-powered Hummer. I wonder if Woz will be popping a few of these in the back of the vehicle in order to play polo at the Pole? (Thanks to Ben & Tony for the heads-up on the Hummer.)