Archive for December, 2011

Camp:  South 83 72.482 west 79 28.977 Distance: 15.3 nautical miles (28.3km) Time: 9.5 hours Weather: 15knot wind in morning easing to quite still this evening Snow: first 5 hours up and hill then getting better I knew this trip would toss up lots of challenges and this morning has been no different.  I got [...]

Camp:  83° 07’ 256” South   79° 16’ 765” West Distance: 14.4 nautical miles (26.7 km) Time:  9.5 hours Weather:  overcast and hard to see where my feet were going this morning and then improved in afternoon Snow:  continued sign of improvement today   The longer I am out here the easier it is to devour [...]

Camp:  82° 52’ 949” South   79° 24’ 143” West Distance: 13.8 nautical miles (25.6 km) Time:  9.5 hours Weather:   a bit cold on the fingers today Snow:  ok in parts, some signs it may get better soon   I listened to Bill Bryson’s audio book “A Short History on Nearly Everything” today. I never realised [...]

South 83 39.167 west 79 28.676 Distance:  11.3 nautical miles (including a detour)  - 20.9km Time: 8hours (pulled up early as tired) Weather: windy at first and abated throughout the day Snow: still yuk How Bizzare After walking for 1 & half hours this morning I noticed a speck on the horizon.  Was it a [...]

South 82 27.954 West 79 23.681 Distance:  13.6 nautical miles Time: 9.5 hours Weather: 15-20 knot head winds, minus 40 wind chill and I better get used to it as the forecast is the same over the next 3 days. Snow:  Extremely suprising that I covered the distance today as the first 5 hours were [...]

Camp:  82° 14’ 405” South   79° 27’ 414” West Distance: 13.6 nautical miles (28.18 km) Time:  9.5 hours Weather:   same as yesterday, 10-15 knot winds Snow:  same as yesterday Ink Pink You Stink That was the saying when I was at primary school. So after 14 days do I stink?? Well if you read the [...]

Camp:  82° 00’ 825” South (yeah 8 more degrees to go!!)  79° 34’ 934” West Distance: 13.2 nautical miles (24.4 km) Time:  9.5 hours Weather:   10-15 knot winds Snow:  boggy for first 3 hours in the morning then got a bit better Mmmmmm…… At the moment the guest in my tent is my ski.  Once [...]