Out of the Box

In 1964, one of the best javelin throwers in Australia traveled to
England to see if he could qualify for the Olympics. But, because
of an injury, he didn’t make the team - and he couldn’t afford a
plane ticket home. So he came up with an idea while working a cargo
job at Heathrow Airport: “I saw them shipping animals. And I
thought, well, if the dogs can survive it, I could.” Marcus and
Julie McSorley’s book about Reg Spiers is Out of the Box: The Highs
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