Journal
Every entry, newest first. For the South Pole expedition day by day, use the timeline on the expedition page.
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To Braeriach
One of the more productive things that I managed to do when I was stuck in the isolation of the lockdown in New Delhi was actually, over the period of five months,…
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Boots made for walking…
After the rather exhausting “warm-up” hike around Beinn Ghlas, we all got up to Aviemore, with the plan to spend the Sunday going up another couple of Munros. I was just too…
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Up to the Highlands…
I flew back to the UK from New Delhi at the beginning of September 2020, and after months of being stuck inside, it was nice to be able to get back to…
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What a year!
So, it’s been a long while since have written anything, though as with pretty much everyone, the plans from the last year or so have been massively affected by everything that has…
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Functional pilates…
New Delhi is not the best place in the world to train for an expedition in the arctic environment. It’s a busy, bustling and pretty crazy city that is difficult to walk…
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Boots ‘n Bindings
Getting boots for polar expeditions is not entirely simple – you have to consider the warmth of the boots of course, but you also have to consider the bindings that will let…
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The right skis
There are two main brands of skis that are used for polar expeditions – Fischer E99s and 109s (a number variations over the years), or several types of Asnes skis, such as…
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Thinking about the gear
So much gear to think about and to get for journeys like these… got to get the right skis and bindings; polar boots that are compatible with the bindings… base layers, mid…
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Welcome to my blog!
Thanks for visiting this site! Over the next few weeks and months I will be updating it with news about my training for the forthcoming Greenland Expedition (and training in New Delhi…