We prove the following: 1. Let ǫ > 0 and let S1, S2 be two closed hyperbolic surfaces. Then there exists locallyisometric covers S̃i of Si (for i = 1, 2) such that there is a (1 + ǫ) bi-Lipschitz homeomorphism between S̃1 and S̃2 and both covers S̃i (i = 1, 2) have bounded injectivity radius. 2. Let M be a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold. Then there exists a map j : S → M where S is a surface of bound...