Journal
Every entry, newest first. For the South Pole expedition day by day, use the timeline on the expedition page.
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Day 19 Deafening wind, 20km day and music debate
Strange beginnings, deafening roar 20km and the Killers as music debate of the day and live opening of Advent Calendar on audio diary! Another day and another 20km done! It was a…
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Day 18 Beautiful day, 20.5km and warm tent!
Such a lovely day today! Okay a little wind at the start but nothing too strong. Very clear and sunny – sun always to my back of course. Progress continues, with another…
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Day 17 Great Progress South in 24hr Daylight
I really am not entirely sure what day am on! I think day 17 of the expedition. There again it might be 18 Time is blurring and, with there being no “night”,…
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Day 16 Stormy Rest Day and Advent Calendar!
The strong winds from yesterday increased over night. The clear blue skies were replaced by dense cloud and heavy snow. Not nice conditions so with the neck “problem”, I decided to stay…
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Day 15 Onwards, southwards and a 20km day!
Putting the pain aside, today was pretty decent. Windy: strong south westerlies so pretty much going into my face. After the first hour of blanket cloud cover it became perfectly clear. The…
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Day 14 Another whiteout and Cottage Pie for diner
18km It started off okay, with stiff winds and a bit cloudy. However within an hour, the Antarctic clouds descended and it was just skiing through a whiteout from then on. Tough…
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Day 13 81 degrees South and a record 20km day.
A hard but rewarding day. This is really a nice landmark to reach! I started off at S80 degrees, and had been slow and literally tortured progress. Sometimes it has just been…
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Day 12 Whiteouts, new sleeping attire and record 17.5km
Oh, wow today was hard!! Really hard! It started off with very strong winds to greet me as I had to pack up the tent, just to bid me good morning! It…
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Day 11 Storms, Sastrugi, Three Sails Mountains and stunning views!
14.5km/ 9miles Last night… wow! That was a terrific storm. As expected, it reached its strongest from around 3-5am and it really was strong. Very happy with the tent – always felt…
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Day 10 Wind like an express train
Nothing much happened today: just an Antarctic storm that started blowing up from around midnight last night. It was all so calm as I setup the tent yesterday evening but the storm…
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Day 9 A slow and painful 10k
10k/6.2miles But at least it is another Antarctic 10km done!! Today was always intended to be a shorter day considering the pains over the last few days. I wanted to see how…
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Day 8 Another tent day
It’s definitely frustrating. Another day in the tent. It’s difficult not to think of the time lost and the distance that would have liked to have covered today. The weather has been…
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Day 7 Up on my skis again and again… not
15k/9.3miles So, it was a mixed day today. 15km covered and I felt pretty decent after the rest day yesterday. The pain in neck had subsided; uncomfortable but not bad. Great conditions…
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Day 6 Rest Day
Not something I wanted to take quite so quickly but it was needed as the pain in my neck was in all honesty, pretty bad. It hurt as I was skiing yesterday,…