Michael Archer and I succeeded with the goals of our trek, that is to ski from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole, then to kite-ski back to the coast. The departures of Kathy Braegger and Chris De Lapuente were extremely disappointing, even though it had nothing to do with bad preparation or lack of training. Just bad luck. [...]
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Mission Accomplished
I am now back in Punta Arenas waiting to go home on Sunday. Michael Archer left this morning for New Zealand. We arrived here late Wednesday. The last part of the expedition was a serious push as we knew there was a jet back to Punta on the Wed. On Jan 15-16, during a 20 hour period we covered 240km. [...]
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
After 2000 kilometers, the South Pole Expedition is a Success!
We have just received a telephone call from Richard – they are finished! 2000 kilometers across the Antarctic continent and they have successfully skied to the South Pole and kited back! They sounded absolutely exhausted on the phone – their last day, they kited 150km, and 200 km the day before! Richard will be uploading a few pictures over the [...]
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