10 Years to find THIS photo.....

[Mark Thorpe]

Hey Guys,
From my shaded past. A long time ago in the dark ages of my life I spent 5 years with the French Foreign Legion. An Italian photographer named Giorgia Fiorio snapped this whilst on a shoot for a long term project entitled 'Men'. I am the Legionnaire closest to the camera. A full explanation of the scenario can be found on my Blog at: www.camdiver.blogspot.com

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Babu Kantamneni]

Hey Guys,
From my shaded past. A long time ago in the dark ages of my life I spent 5 years with the French Foreign Legion. An Italian photographer named Giorgia Fiorio snapped this whilst on a shoot for a long term project entitled 'Men'. I am the Legionnaire closest to the camera. A full explanation of the scenario can be found on my Blog at: www.camdiver.blogspot.com

Cheers,
Mark.

Impressive Mark!

 

[PaulClements]

Crazy stuff Mark... That's a serious six pack you've got going on there!

By the way the picture link in this thread isn't showing for me, don't know if it's broken or what.

Paul

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Hey Paul,
Emailed you regarding the other stuff. Link works fine for me here.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Tom Lowe]

I can't see it - just a red x.

 

[Andrew Benz]

Same here...

 

[Bill Goehring]

blue question mark here...

 

[Sanjin Jukic]

Mark,

Looking forward to read a book about the adventures you've had in life.

 

[Mark Thorpe]

How's this....??

How's this....??

I'll just link it here.....

Strange the image disappeared??

Cheers,
Mark
It is also explained in detail on my BLOG

 

[Tom Lowe]

I wish I could get my basic training six-pack back.

 

[krd]

You really must look at a film called Beau Travail, dir. Claire Denis.

The photo could a still from that film.

 

[Rudi Herbert]

Mark,

That is just great Mark, you look like you're 1.85 (6'2") and weigh 60 kilos (132 lbs) and your blood sugar must be like 50 after that 10 mile run Hard not to have a 6 pack like that, great photo man, you can tell it is the real thing!

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Back then Body Fat was 10% and heart recuperation was at 2 minutes. In good shape. I still run to keep in shape but nothing like the times back then.

 

[PaulClements]

A friend of my brothers is a rower based in Henley and hoping to goto the olympics. He is scary fit. They basically push themselves to a point of being violently sick but because they are SO fit they can recover in about two minutes. If I was to do it I'd probably be in hospital for a couple of weeks as my organs shut down!

Paul

 

[Mark Thorpe]

hahaha, I once ran myself physically sick....now I get sick thinking of running!!

 

[Ken Corben]

And you're still cut like that right?

 

[Mark Thorpe]

Not far off it.....

Not far off it.....

And you're still cut like that right?

Grown a couple of handles for the missus to hold onto :biggrin: and the hair is longer but pretty much the same yeah. Less definition on 'the Pack' but its still there. Not bad for a 42 year old I guess.

Cheers,
Mark.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Cool photo, Mark. Nice six-pack too, I couldn't ever get my body to do that. I used to look kinda like that other guy in the front row on the opposite corner from you. Short, muscular, but no so well defined. Oh, and quite a bit more hair. I've traded in some of those muscles for extra insulation over the past 4 or 5 years or so. Just can't work out all the time... And I enjoy my food a bit too much.