South Pole: Solo but Not Alone - The Start: Messner Start Point ,Antarctic Coast

The Start: Messner Start Point ,Antarctic Coast

South Pole: Solo but Not Alone

Howard Fairbank

Sun 20 Nov 2011 00:55

The Messner Start Point: 82:67.00S 065:00.00W

I'll start skiing from here 20 November 2011

Blog Entries

2011

Dec 2011

Sat 31 Dec 10:48
- The Finale: Ruth and I together again!
Fri 30 Dec 19:30
- I finally awoke from a long deep sleep...! And a big decision now made...
Wed 28 Dec 00:30
- Day 34.9!: I've arrived at the Bottom of the World!
Tue 27 Dec 16:52
- Day 35.5: I'm standing at the South Pole...Mission completed!
Mon 26 Dec 22:53
- Day 35: What a day...!! That's all I can say here..Read all about it below...!
Sun 25 Dec 08:08
- Day 34: The Whitest Christmas I'll ever have...! No Father Christmas so I gave myself a present!
- Day 33: An important day....I can now 'feel' the POLE!
Sat 24 Dec 01:32
- Day 32: Mother Nature decides my pace.....Storm again!
Fri 23 Dec 01:42
- Day 31: Closer and close, but not easier!
Thu 22 Dec 00:27
- Day 30: Let Free, and a great day's skiing!
Wed 21 Dec 21:41
- Day 29: I didn't need this one: Tent bound...Whiteout. No visibility, snowing and windy
Tue 20 Dec 03:13
- Day 28: Freedom , capitulation and prisons...A different day!
Mon 19 Dec 02:59
- Day 27: This is starting to get REAL tough..I fought for every footstep today!
Sun 18 Dec 02:15
- Day 26: A Cold windy day... 31.5 km though!
Fri 16 Dec 22:18
- Day 25: I stayed put and became a Sastruggi....!
- Day 24: A much needed, Good Solid One!
Thu 15 Dec 02:18
- Day 23: No party for me on Amundsen 'day': An important mental victory though...
Wed 14 Dec 00:53
- Day 22: Today I found Hell in Antarctica, and distance shows.....
Tue 13 Dec 01:16
- Day 21: Not much happened today...but that's good!
Mon 12 Dec 00:13
- Day 20: Exhilarating skiing, Antartica tests my spirit...
Sun 11 Dec 00:27
- Day 19: Another Amundsen one...That's nice!
Sat 10 Dec 01:39
- Day 18: Halfway and a good one!
Fri 9 Dec 01:11
- Day 17: Back at work, and a day of 'everything'....
Wed 7 Dec 12:05
- Day 16: Freedom in Antarctica...'Simply Adventure' is alive and well...
- Day 15: Two great distance days, with no problems.....
Tue 6 Dec 11:36
- Midnight skiing brings a 30km day....
- Day 14....Well half of it....
Mon 5 Dec 06:30
- Day 13! The first uneventful day...rest!
Sun 4 Dec 06:36
- Day 12: First crevasse and I lose my way!
Sat 3 Dec 00:54
- Day 11: Goood news i 've got my sled back!
Fri 2 Dec 06:43
- D10: Hey man, today was the toughest yet...but yippee the pole was perfect!
Thu 1 Dec 03:58
- Day 9: A big one.....!!.

Nov 2011

Wed 30 Nov 01:33
- Day 8: The real game begins! Hmmm, I WILL get to the Pole unsupported, no matter what.....
Tue 29 Nov 04:15
- Day 7: So much variety today, I think I'm overstimulated now!
Mon 28 Nov 01:40
- Day 6: Sastruggi and Sled Problems, but another 30km day!
- Day 5: An epic struggle, but that whisky coctail is well deserved tonight!
Thu 24 Nov 01:02
- Day 4: The Rules have all changed!
Wed 23 Nov 02:25
- Day 3: Nature shows me some of the
Mon 21 Nov 23:39
- Day 2: The Struggle to accept the wide open nothingness!
- From my 1st camp on the ice!
Sun 20 Nov 00:55
- The Start: Messner Start Point ,Antarctic Coast
Sat 19 Nov 20:56
- I Start Tomorrow...!!
Fri 18 Nov 18:59
- Touch down on Antarctica: and a perfect day!
Thu 17 Nov 18:08
- LATEST: Saturday Departure for Antarctica looking Good!
Wed 16 Nov 21:54
- DELAYED due to no flying conditions into Antarctica.
Mon 14 Nov 11:14
- Set to be delayed in Punta Arenas as Antarctica becomes unapproachable!
Sun 6 Nov 18:21
- The Final Day before leaving Cape Town

2007

Sep 2007

Sat 1 Sep 07:37

The Start: Messner Start Point ,Antarctic Coast

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Sat 10 Dec 01:39

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