Fortune Favours the Brave: Not the Stupid
Ant and Louis are regularly contacting the team back at home via satellite phone. This blog was sent back to England, 20 words at a time by Ant. You can’t question their dedication! They say fortune favours the brave. Clearly however, she does not hold such fond sentiments towards the stupid. Our flying start hit a road bump early [...]
A Message From the Wild
Ant and Louis are regularly contacting the team back at home via satellite phone.This blog was sent back to England, 20 words at a time by Ant. You can’t question their dedication! Picture if you will a coffin. Maybe a pine one like the ones of the old westerns, or perhaps it’s a regal one fit for a king [...]
See Ya On the Flipside
We landed in the frozen north at midday on the 29th of March. Our local guide and host Ted Irniq and his wife Sonia were already in the airport waiting for us. Somehow the gods had smiled on us and all 8 pieces of our luggage including 2 pulks, skis, 70 freeze dried dinners and a plethora of other [...]
And So the Final Journey Begins…
“Why do you do this?” Why indeed. The reasoning underpinning what we have achieved so far has, at times eluded us as much as any baffled onlooker as to why two men would continue to battle their way through such an eclectic medley of hardships. Ego? Maybe, perhaps. It was certainly true at the start for sure, although I [...]
Harbinger of Armageddon
Upping our skiing time from 10 to 11hours a day once we began our descent the distance began to noticeably improve. From struggling to hit 25kilometers per day we were now easily making 30-35. Soon a speck appeared on the horizon that gradually grew into the dystopian shape of DYE 2. Camping 10km from the station we knew we had [...]
Groundhog Day
(Digging the tent out of a snow drift) The storm that hit us raged for three days. With only thirty days of food and fuel, we continued to push each of these days covering as much ground as possible. We had heard the other teams deployed on the ice had gone firm for the storm, though not ideal conditions [...]