Two Guys Riding the Subway for 25 Hours Straight

They're trying to pass-through every single station in the system on a single ride using lots and lots of transers. Here's a Gothamist interview and a New York Times story:

There are 468 stations within the subway system, according to New York City Transit. But Mr. Badaczewski said that they did not intend to pass every one, because they would count two stations as one if they are connected by passageways.

One inflexible rule is that both men must stay in the subway system until the ride is complete. So they each plan to use a single-ride Metro Card.

The difficulties will be obvious to any straphanger.

I just tried calling their "hotline" (718-407-4697) and got a generic "out of service" message. Boo. I'm guessing the hotline is really one of their cellphones.

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janelle
yeah they must be underground! i saw them on the local news this morning, and one guy is chattering away in the nerdiest way possible, wearing his blue and gold MICHIGAN t-shirt. sure makes a girl feel proud.
Rory
I've thought about attempting something similar on the DC metro before, which won't really surprise anyone, what with my obssession with photographing the metro. I think I would want to stop and take photos, which would kind of interfere with getting through the whole system in a timely manner.

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