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Welsh man aims to create largest GPS drawing of a penis in 24 hours for Movember
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Welsh man aims to create largest GPS drawing of a penis in 24 hours for Movember

A Welsh man is attempting to create the largest GPS drawing of a penis on foot in 24 hours for Movember.

Terry Rosoman, 39, from South Wales, has mapped out a phallic-shaped 75-mile route through the Brecon Beacons where he will take on altitudes of 10,000ft, slippery conditions and freezing temperatures, while raising awareness of men’s mental health.

He hopes the large manhood will catch the attention of his “target demographic” and jokes that most men will find the shape “hilarious.”

“That’s why it’s a big manly thing because, especially for the target demographic that I’m going for, men never grow up,” he told the PA news agency .

“They find it hilarious, whatever their age.

“I don’t want to offend anyone with this shape, but it was just to get their attention.”

Mr Rosoman, creative director of an independent marketing company, hopes his challenge will encourage people struggling with mental health issues to set “big goals that are bigger than themselves”.

Movember is a charity aimed at raising funds and awareness about men’s mental health, suicide, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. He encouraged the public to “raise money” and “save lives” in November.

A man wearing Union Jack printed boxer shorts poses on the ground in front of a drawing displayed with a GPS representing virility.A man wearing Union Jack printed boxer shorts poses on the ground in front of a drawing displayed with a GPS representing virility

Terry Rosoman aims to walk the largest GPS drawing of a manhood in 24 hours to raise money for Movember (Terry Rosoman/PA)

His challenge, which aims to raise £5,000 for Movember, will start and finish at Abergavenny train station where he will depart at 5pm on Friday and hopes to finish at 5pm on Saturday.

“I start at sunset, basically, because I want to get that night work out of the way first, because when the sun comes up, you’re rejuvenated,” he explained.

Mr Rosoman is well versed in endurance challenges having climbed Pen Y Fan, the highest peak in southern Britain, 10 times in 24 hours while raising more than £3,000 for charity, and has ran a 50-mile ultra-marathon while carrying a backpack filled with weights. .

However, he said creating the largest GPS drawing of male genitalia was the longest distance he had traveled and his biggest challenge yet.

Man running in the woodsMan running in the woods

Terry Rosoman, from South Wales, is used to endurance challenges but said drawing the biggest GPS manhood will be his biggest challenge yet (Dave James/PA)

He was inspired to take on endurance challenges after wanting to transform his life following years of heavy drinking, smoking, weight problems and recreational drug use.

He said he was “in the worst state of physical and mental health” in 2013 and feared losing his life due to his unhealthy lifestyle.

“Over the years of abuse, it brought me to a point where I was unfit, obese, with no prospect of a partner, and I was deeply, deeply unhappy,” he said.

“I think I realized that if I didn’t change my life, I might not be here in the future, whether it was because of health complications or if I got to a point where you didn’t I wouldn’t want to be here anymore.”

Composite image of a shirtless man showing his weight loss journeyComposite image of a shirtless man showing his weight loss journey

Terry Rosoman was inspired to take on endurance challenges after overcoming problems with excessive drinking, smoking and weight (Terry Rosoman/PA)

That same year, Mr. Rosoman signed up for a white-collar boxing match, a form of boxing in which people with no experience in the sport compete, to improve his physical health.

He lost three stone in around 12 weeks, stopped drinking and smoking and adopted a healthy diet in preparation for the fight.

“The icing on the cake is that I won the fight too. I completely changed my life and I was in the happiest place in my life,” he said.

“I attribute this to the challenge, purpose and meaning it gave me, but also the mental strength needed to endure or make difficult decisions.”

Mr Rosoman hopes his fundraising efforts will inspire men to take on their own challenges.

“I just wanted to promote this message of challenges, essentially,” he said.

“At the end of the day it’s just about having goals, goals, but big goals and big objectives that are bigger than you, that are more important than going to the pub, and that will give you that kind of aim.”

To learn more about Mr. Rosoman’s fundraising, you can visit: https://rokman.co.uk/pages/manhood-masterpiece

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