South Pole solo

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 again it is time for some running repairs on my ski tip.

For those who know me, fixing things isn’t my specialty.  I am much better at making things.  Normally I go to a shop and buy another one or ask them to fix it but not out here, all the shops seem to be closed.  So for the first time in my life I am going to try and mix poxy paste together and use this on my ski tip.

I can see the headline now “man, tent and ski airlifted out of Antarctica unable to be separated!”

Ok Mister ski I will try to fix you.

This fails you’re about to get a bolt stuck through you and that will hurt a lot more.

This could take a while so I may sleep in and take it a little easier tomorrow, to save some energy for some harder snow in future days.

Song for the day  - “Fix You” by Cold Play   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI-o25K6B-E

Yours in Antarctica

Mark ‘Georgie’ George