My mind drifted into the “bone lands” scene from the Lion King, crawling with hyenas and danger lurking in every moment. The satrugi was […]
A shift in perspective I kept my families farewell letters hidden in my journal unread so I could read them at the end of […]
Today was, well, anxiety provoking! I didn’t set an alarm last night assuming the blazing interrogation-light-like-sun would wake me. I slept so soundly that […]
The first major milestone In 200 years of Polar Exploration – Aussie explorers have opened up vast expanses of wilderness, but amazingly no Aussie […]
Days rolling into one another I pressed on with good wind-flow towards the Pole Of Inaccessibility. Last night I had serious shoulder pain which […]
Days melt into each other Day 18 and 19 blurred into a mess of cold, wind, exposure and sastrugi in the end. I “rolled […]
Inch by inch Minus 20C last night felt uncomfortably warm compared with the usual temperatures I’ve endured. 6am – a small puff of wind […]
My first time shift The forecast from wind guru’s Celine and Marc agreed that weird wind conditions were on the way. An evening of […]
Finally, a little more wind to work with. Forecast was for some wind today so I slept restlessly listening for it. At about 1 […]
The satrugi are growing! Forecast was for little or no wind and after an 11 hour nap my entire face and tent was iced […]
