Today when we spoke with the team I asked Lisa, “Tell me something interesting
about your day,” and she said, “well…we skied, we looked at mountains in the
distance, it was sunny and a very gentle wind…” Sound familiar? It seems that
this description is a reoccurring theme in the expedition! The team feels very
lucky to have such great weather.
The team made good progress today,
covering 25 kilometers in 10 hours. They ended the day at S 84.44.029, W
86.47.557. (For those of you who are nautical sticklers I realize that this is
not the accurate way to write latitude and longitude, but I can’t seem to find
an easy way to include the degree symbol, so I am going with ease over
accuracy.)
Bob, in his wonderful audio report below, compares the
expedition to a couple movies and a novel. You’ll have to listen to the audio
report to hear which novel. The first movie is Ground Hog’s Day, and the second
is No Country For Old Men. Bob’s audio reports are always interesting because he
is so creative in finding ways to describe his experiences. It would be fun to
read his journal!
Keeping a journal on an expedition like this takes
tremendous discipline. You may start the journey with the best intentions of
logging your daily thoughts and memories on paper, but by the time you have made
water for the evening, cooked, eaten, made more water for your thermos or water
bottle, dried your boot liners and gloves, mended anything that needs tending,
phoned in your position and taken a deep breath, the thought of writing in a
journal can be very unappealing.
The same goes for taking photos. You
would think that it would be a priority to take many pictures on such an
expedition, but the thought of getting your hands out of your mitts, digging out
your camera, stopping your rhythmic skiing, taking off your goggles, holding
your breath while you aim the camera (so your breath doesn’t fog the lens), and
then having to reverse the whole process… sometimes you don’t end up with so
many photos.
The team approaching 85 degrees
South
Tomorrow or early the next day the
team should cross 85 degrees which will be a very significant milestone. We’ll
keep you posted to let you know when they make it. For all of you who have sent
holiday wishes to the team we are forwarding your greetings. Thanks!
Make sure to listen to Bob’s audio report and check back again tomorrow
for another update from the team!