Walking Lake Mission Viejo and Adam Cicciarella
Adam Cicciarella was the first person to walk around Lake Mission Viejo
When Adam Cicciarella was a child, he was always pushing himself to excellence. After establishing still unbroken records for the money grab at Skateway (1985) and the Dot Run at Newhart (1992), he yearned for a challenge that would push the physical limits of a man to the brink. After careful consideration he decided on an insane idea: He would walk around Lake Mission Viejo.
The critics and skeptics were many. There was talk that this was suicide, but Adam persevered. One brisk morning, Adam awoke and having the same feeling, if not more intense, that Sir Edmund Hillary had as he prepared to scale Everest, Adam set out to “walk around Lake Mission Viejo or die trying”.
A perfect starting point for Adam was at the Market on the Lake. So, followed by over 1000 reporters and numerous press helicopters, Adam Cicciarella, the King of Mission Viejo, set out on what was probably the bravest thing anyone has ever done.
Heading down Marguerite, towards Alicia, Adam walked with a furious pace. It is said that the rubber on the bottom of his shoes started melting as he took off on Alicia towards Felipe. As the slow incline started on Alicia, the King of Mission Viejo answered it by increasing his pace. He was unofficially clocked at over 20 mph and the helicopters had trouble keeping a camera on him.
As he approached Felipe he took the corner with such ferocity that the gate for Canyon Crest (a little further down Alicia) was said to be blown off its hinges and then the hinges melted and exploded.
During all this, the technicians that watch Lake Mission Viejo’s water noticed that the temperature had gone up 7 degrees since Adam started his walk. Amazing. It is also said that the fish started mating at a furious rate.
As Adam accelerated past the Lake Fields, a foul ball was hit and was heading right for him. With cat-like reflexes, Adam reached out and caught the ball, without even looking at it, and did it Lefty. Incredible.
Adam then turned the corner back onto Marguerite and as he made the turn, declared that Felipe will now be called “Olympiad” because what he was doing was athletically well above the Olympics and socially was totally Rad. (He had considered the name Radolympic, but finally settled on Olympiad)
Heading down the final hill to the Market on the Lake, cheering started to erupt as well as chants of, “Long live the King!” Adam cruised into Tortilla Flats, chugged a beer, ate a taco, and then did a cannonball into Lake Mission Viejo.
His time for walking the Lake: 9 minutes 3 seconds. An unbreakable record that will stand till the end of time.