#PolarWeber
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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 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 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,…
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Day 4 First steep climb to 900m
Today was a day of -25 degrees, blue skies, some light headwinds and 16k/10miles travelled. Slowly does it! It has been great to get up the first steep climb up from Hercules…
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Hard Yards
The clock ticks towards my departure to Antarctica. There have been some fun hours spent in the local woods here in Carrbridge in the Cairngorms National Park. Dragging my four friends around…