Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push • Hacker News Board

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by nyc111 » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:19 PM UTC

porpoisely wrote: post #8

Anyone else seeing 6 nytimes articles on the frontpage? Why not just redirect us to the nytimes at this point?

And NYT is locked. They get so much traffic from HN but they don't let us read it. Maybe a deal needs to be negotiated similar to FB and WSJ deal so that HN referrers could read the article.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by lostlogin » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:21 PM UTC

atiffany wrote: post #7

curiousgal wrote: post #6

Tangent. 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?

His own book, ‘South’, is truely epic and ranks up there as one of the best books I’ve ever read.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by quickthrower2 » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:23 PM UTC

nyc111 wrote: post #11

porpoisely wrote: post #8

Anyone else seeing 6 nytimes articles on the frontpage? Why not just redirect us to the nytimes at this point?

And NYT is locked. They get so much traffic from HN but they don't let us read it. Maybe a deal needs to be negotiated similar to FB and WSJ deal so that HN referrers could read the article.

HN is probably a drop in the ocean in terms of traffic, but it’s good quality traffic admittedly.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by lostlogin » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:26 PM UTC

gumby wrote: post #2

At 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!

I talked to a guy who tried to cross it once. To get the huge number of required calories in a compact form they drank olive oil. He didn’t like it and it sure sounds nasty.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by gregtaleck » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:27 PM UTC

curiousgal wrote: post #6

Tangent. 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.

Scott and Amundsen

"The race to the South Pole, 1911. In 1911, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen went head to head to be the first to reach the South Pole. In the early 20th century, the race was on to reach the South Pole, with a number of explorers setting out to claim it for their own."

https://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/explore/race-south-pole-1911

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by lostlogin » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:27 PM UTC

dana321 wrote: post #4

gumby wrote: post #2

At 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.

If you haven’t already, have a read of South, by Shackleton. It can be pretty unpleasant and far from quiet.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:35 PM UTC

curiousgal wrote: post #6

Tangent. 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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Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by narrator » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:36 PM UTC

porpoisely wrote: post #8

Anyone else seeing 6 nytimes articles on the frontpage? Why not just redirect us to the nytimes at this point?

NYTimes is ok as long as it is not one of their ubiquitous "Anonymous sources within the intelligence community say..." political articles.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by lucidstack » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:40 PM UTC

To those inspired by this achievement to look more into polar expeditions, I can highly recommend Michael Palin’s “Erebus”. It’s a riveting read on the challenges, successes, and tragedies of the British explorer ship Erebus, its commanders, officers, and crews.

Re: Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica with Final 32-Hour Push

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Post by tbassetto » Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 10:41 PM UTC

Wasn’t the crossing of Antartica unsupported already done in http://www.travelexplorations.com/cecilie-skog-and-ryan-wate...? Asking because Colin’s website says it’s a first but I must be missing something.