Bob Crowley
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‘Survival’ comes to Durham
DURHAM — They stood in the blazing heat, 24 people from all over the country, balancing on barrels, using an oversize block to answer multiple-choice questions, running circles with two 15-pound bags of sand slung around their necks. Next up: A new maze lined with electrified cow fencing. All 24 were there to win. Bob […]
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‘Survivor,’ Durham-style: Crowley hosts second annual Durham Warriors Survival Challenge
DURHAM — Bob Crowley said with a wide grin that he’s just thrilled no one died last year. Rail thin, dressed in head-to-toe khaki and tall rubber boots, he walked the woods here Monday where he hosted 18 people last September in an ultimate endurance contest. The now-retired physics teacher who won “Survivor” in 2008 […]
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Durham ‘Survivor’ offers posh camping in yurts
It was cold, but the 2008 winner of “Survivor: Gabon” showed no sign of the arctic conditions, except for an ever-reddening nose, as the temperature seemed to continue to drop. After a five minute drive, Crowley led a group inside his insulated yurt, the heat from the wood stove beckoning, prompting Crowley, his wife, Peggy […]
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Durham campers hone survival skills, raise money for vets
DURHAM — Staying at Bob and Peggy Crowley’s place in the woods won’t always be this demanding. But the arduous weekend Crowley and friends put together as the “Durham Warriors Survival Challenge” will make it much easier for active and retired military personnel to enjoy Crowley’s Maine Forest Yurts on Auburn-Pownal Road. Crowley, a South […]
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‘Survivor’ campers compete in Durham
DURHAM — The first contestants were arriving in six hours. Still written on the dry erase board to-do list on a rough cabin wall: Eighteen stumps for tribal. Clean mud pit. Bob Crowley walked the sprawling camp in thick rubber boots, eyeing the under-construction challenges, the newly flooded pond, the volunteers hurrying to make everything […]