Expedition Day 5: Another beautiful day here with a northerly drift, ample (cold) sunshine and no wind. Finally, it feels like all systems are dialled, including me eating more and more frequently. Despite having to cross huge pressure ridges and sidestep open leads, today's … [Read more...]
Slow Travel Movement
Day 4 of the expedition: another 10 miles in the bag - now 60% done (!), no team member in the water (yay!) and no bear feet prints (hum!) - an uneventful day and a 10 hour slog. 'We could have driven across the whole state of Colorado today', says … [Read more...]
Walking on Water
Every night I sent my family my GPS coordinates via a DeLorme map. Last night's Tim's reply to my message read: 'Your geo location is pointing to the middle of the sea on the website.... Hope the ice is holding'... Those Brits have a dry sense of humour. Gentle reminder to … [Read more...]
Ice Rickshaw
Delirious happiness from getting on a plane to Barneo after an 8 day delay gave way to a long night in flying objects without windows or security briefings. Having lived with an image of the cracked airstrip for the past week, I was weary about the landing. Boom! AN-74 … [Read more...]
(Lack of) Reserve Rope
Homecoming. That’s what coming to climb Elbrus feels to me. I hale from a tiny republic, a 3 hour drive towards a Georgian border. When I come here my body language changes and so does my accent. Innately, I know the customs, admire hospitality, can crack a local joke, but … [Read more...]
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