Expedition update: sitting tight for a potential Monday departure. Some day soon - once I am picked up from ice and am safely on my way to Kathmandu - I will write up in great detail this gripping drama of geopolitics that sums up a battle for the Arctic, Russia's posturing … [Read more...]
GRIT&ROCK Blog
Curveballs: Sunken Airstrip and the Race Against Time
The landing strip video above reveals a forthcoming drama of today. The runway at the Barneo floating Arctic station that cracked some three days ago, has partially sunk this morning making it an unviable airstrip. That means delay of at least 5 days as … [Read more...]
Svalbard, the last Arctic frontier
Expedition GRIT&ICE is officially underway with my South Pole teammate Julia 'Schulzi', Eric Larsen, an uber experienced polar explorer and myself testing all polar systems. We are camping out this week in Spitzbergen in the Svalbard archipelago, a confusing amalgamation … [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...]
What counts as a climb?
In a dining expedition tent in Antarctica amidst general banter about roads less travelled Sam, a 28 year old Google executive, proudly showed me a scar on his neck, a byproduct of a climbing trip to Carstensz Pyramid. 'I was held at a knife point by native tribes on the way … [Read more...]
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