Kissing fish, eating durian pancakes with hands tied behind the back and diving into ice tanks were among the bizarre challenges for hundreds of reality-TV star wannabes in Hong Kong yesterday.
City Chase, described as the world's largest urban adventure series, began and ended its inaugural Hong Kong qualifiers at Cyberport with 360 people taking part as two-man teams.
Sports physiotherapist Elton Ng, 29, and multi-sports coach Kin Wong, 36, won the challenge with a finishing time of two hours, 59 minutes and three seconds and will take part in the championship finals in Rome at the end of this month.
Each team received a list of challenges. Participants had to complete a minimum of 10 challenges in any order, but were only permitted to run, walk or catch public transport between locations.
Competitors had to find a word puzzle hidden at the bottom of a freezing ice tank and eat a bowl of red hot chillies at the Heat Bar in Wan Chai; abseil down a wall in Lan Kwai Fong; catch a fish with their bare hands at Aberdeen Marina, kiss it and then release it back into the water; and eat a durian pancake at Western Market with their hands tied behind their backs.
'We're delighted to have won, especially as it is Kin's birthday today,' Ng said.
