Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push
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#2At first I was shocked by how large a sled he dragged. I use a much smaller sled (just a deer sled). Then I saw how smooth the terrain was at least where the photo was taken.
Then I read that he was out for 53 days. And of course his conditions are far, far more grueling than I have ever faced (all in North America). So then I was shocked at how little he had with him!
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#3Colin just accomplished an incredible feat of endurance! His daily Instagram postings have been inspirational to read for the past 53 days. Other info about his expedition:
https://www.colinobrady.com/theimpossiblefirst
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/18/sports/antarc...
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#4At first I was shocked by how large a sled he dragged. I use a much smaller sled (just a deer sled). Then I saw how smooth the terrain was at least where the photo was taken. Then I read that he was out for 53 days . And of course his conditions are far, far more grueling than I have ever faced (all in North America). So then I was shocked at how little he had with him!
That's got to be the best place in the world, imagine the solitude, the quietness and amazing scenery. Must have been an amazing experience.
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#5Just this week I read a story about Henry Worsley who died trying the same thing: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/02/12/the-white-dark.... After reading, I wonder if you have to a certain level of insanity for doing something like this.
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#6Tangent.
I once met a guy who told be about a historical book of, as far as I can remember, 2 or 3 explorers who were friends (?) and were racing to explore Antarctica. Does anyone happen to know the name of said book? It's been my white whale.
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#7Tangent. I once met a guy who told be about a historical book of, as far as I can remember, 2 or 3 explorers who were friends (?) and were racing to explore Antarctica. Does anyone happen to know the name of said book? It's been my white whale.
Maybe it’s a book on Shackleton?
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#8Anyone else seeing 6 nytimes articles on the frontpage? Why not just redirect us to the nytimes at this point?
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#9Tangent. I once met a guy who told be about a historical book of, as far as I can remember, 2 or 3 explorers who were friends (?) and were racing to explore Antarctica. Does anyone happen to know the name of said book? It's been my white whale.
Maybe it’s a book on Shackleton?
Shackletons Way is more of a 'leadership under adversity' book. IIRC there wasn't a mention of a race with others.
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#10Anyone else seeing 6 nytimes articles on the frontpage? Why not just redirect us to the nytimes at this point?
I'd rather read the current crop of NYT articles than some medium.com blogspam, or an announcement that yet another go-nowhere language that compiles to javascript has released a new minor version.