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Team Name: The Fast and the Curry-ious  Captain: Chad HildebrantSkipper: Joanna ManansalaVin Diesel: Johnny Tramutolo  Twitter: @FastnCurryiousFacebook: Too Fast, Too Curry-ious: India Drift (http://www.facebook.com/groups/177419199016456/)Summary:On December 28th, Chad, Joanna, and Johnny will be travelling into India to take part in a 3 week cross country trek on a gas powered rickshaw.  The vehicle can only be described as a 3 wheeled golf cart. The Rickshaw Run and will consist of 85 teams of 2-4 people starting from Jaisalmer in the north and heading down the western coast, passing though Mumbai then Goa, and onto our final destination in Cochin.  It's not a race, just an adventure to celebrate that while we are old enough to make our own decisions, we're still young enough to not make smart ones.Aside from the internal flight to Jodhpur once we land in Delhi and the 5 hour taxi drive we need to take to our start point, the rickshaw trek will be about 1,500 miles.  (no, that’s not a typo) We expect about a dozen breakdowns, several miscommunications with locals on north versus south and a few bad servings of Indian food. (Aside from the rest which I’m told will be outstanding) I’m telling everyone this as we wanted to keep all of our friends and family involved throughout the process so they can follow along with us on this blog as well as the Facebook page and Twitter.The trip is currently 100% self funded (but if you’d like to pay for my adventures I won’t stop you) though we are fundraising for a charity we feel strongly about: Seeing is Believing, which works toward curing preventable blindness one person at a time in developing nations such as India.http://seeingisbelieving.org.uk/support-us/sponsor-a-fundraiser/fast-and-curry-ious Facts: Every five seconds, someone, somewhere in the world goes blind. Every minute, one more child goes blind – and 60% of these children will die within a year....But 80% of blindness can be prevented or treated. There are 15 million blind people in India - 2 million are children. Donations pay for surgery, eye glasses they would have never had, preventative eye care, training for local health workers, and more. Please see the website for more information.Our initial goal was a modest USD 3,000.  We reached that fairly quickly so our new goal has become USD 5,000.  The sky's the limit people!<blockquote><div><div><div class="im"></div></div></div></blockquote> Pre-Race Preparations: White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Shantaram by David Gregory RobertsSlumdog Millionaire: The Musical Under the Skin of the Beast Engine: 2 stroke, single cylinder, forced air cooledEngine Size: 145.45ccPower: 7 HP at 5000 rpmTorque: 12.17 Nm at 3500 rpmTransmission: 4 forward, 1 reverseBrakes: Hydraulic expanding shoeFuel Capacity: 8 ltr inc. 1.4 reserveTop speed: 34 mph, 55 kph Weight: 125 lbs / 277 kg<blockquote><div><div><div class="im"> </div></div></div></blockquote>

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