Newspaper coverage of Bill Williams’ peanut push. Image via Newspapers.com- The Oakland Post Enquirer, Mary 28, 1929, pp. 2

Bill Williams, The Unusual Adventurer Who Pushed A Peanut 22 Miles Up A Mountain With Only His Nose

In 1929, a Texas man scaled Pikes Peak with a peanut and his proboscis

Andrew Martin
3 min readMay 5, 2024

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Humans continue to prove that the limits of our abilities have not yet been capped. Thousands of years into our history, we are still coming up with new and sometimes weird ways to…

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.