The Legend of Steve Theobald

July 19, 2007 by Andy.

So Ryan and I are having a lovely evening in London being shown the sites by Stevie and his girlfriend Lizzie when we get a phone call. It is from another Mongol Rally team comming from New York. The guy calling had actually e-mailed Ryan about two days ago saying that he was a native Texan and really wanted to meet us…probably because we are awesome and it emminates from everything we do…just my guess anyway. Anyway, he is calling telling us that he bought a car seen on site, like we did with our first vehicle, and he was driving it into London on the M25 and his clutch went out. Seeing as how he arrived here like a day ago, he did not have the contacts that we had so he was calling us because we were basically the only number that he had. What do we do you ask…well we be awesome, but our awesomeness was far outweighed by that of Steve, the one of ST Engineering in Haslemere for those of you that may be a little confused by all the Steves we have met.

In a desperate attempt to help the New Yorker, I called Steve just to pick his brain and ask him what they should do in order to get off of the side of the highway. Steve basically tells me that he cannot make any kind of suggestion because he does not know exactly what is wrong with the vehicle. I kept telling him that I was just trying to pick his brain, and that if he could not do anything then that was fine. Steve however, told me to give the New Yorker his number and have them call him. This was done, and we get a message later on the phone that Steve agreed to have their car towed to his workshop about 40 miles from where they were stuck. He agreed to help them sort out their troubles as long as they were willing to trade services (some of his daily work stuff). He also agreed to give them a place to stay…the generosity with this guy never ends. I hope that we sent him good people, but if they are doing the Mongol Rally then they have to be; we will operate on that assumption.

All you can do is just be awesome, and your awesomeness will be reflected by others…life lesson…take it to heart.

Andy Out (SkipLizard Homepage)

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