Previous Diary Entries
2011
Dec 2011
2007
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The Finale: Ruth and I together again!
Sat 31 Dec 10:48
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I finally awoke from a long deep sleep...! And a big decision now made...
Fri 30 Dec 19:30
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Day 34.9!: I've arrived at the Bottom of the World!
Wed 28 Dec 00:30
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Day 35.5: I'm standing at the South Pole...Mission completed!
Tue 27 Dec 16:52 -
Day 35: What a day...!! That's all I can say here..Read all about it below...!
Mon 26 Dec 22:53
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Day 34: The Whitest Christmas I'll ever have...! No Father Christmas so I gave myself a present!
Sun 25 Dec 08:08
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Day 33: An important day....I can now 'feel' the POLE!
Sun 25 Dec 02:04
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Day 32: Mother Nature decides my pace.....Storm again!
Sat 24 Dec 01:32
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Day 31: Closer and close, but not easier!
Fri 23 Dec 01:42
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Day 30: Let Free, and a great day's skiing!
Thu 22 Dec 00:27
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Day 29: I didn't need this one: Tent bound...Whiteout. No visibility, snowing and windy
Wed 21 Dec 21:41
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Day 28: Freedom , capitulation and prisons...A different day!
Tue 20 Dec 03:13
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Day 27: This is starting to get REAL tough..I fought for every footstep today!
Mon 19 Dec 02:59
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Day 26: A Cold windy day... 31.5 km though!
Sun 18 Dec 02:15
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Day 25: I stayed put and became a Sastruggi....!
Fri 16 Dec 22:18
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Day 24: A much needed, Good Solid One!
Fri 16 Dec 00:48
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Day 23: No party for me on Amundsen 'day': An important mental victory though...
Thu 15 Dec 02:18
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Day 22: Today I found Hell in Antarctica, and distance shows.....
Wed 14 Dec 00:53
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Day 21: Not much happened today...but that's good!
Tue 13 Dec 01:16
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Day 20: Exhilarating skiing, Antartica tests my spirit...
Mon 12 Dec 00:13
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Day 19: Another Amundsen one...That's nice!
Sun 11 Dec 00:27
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Day 18: Halfway and a good one!
Sat 10 Dec 01:39
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Day 17: Back at work, and a day of 'everything'....
Fri 9 Dec 01:11
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Day 16: Freedom in Antarctica...'Simply Adventure' is alive and well...
Wed 7 Dec 12:05
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Day 15: Two great distance days, with no problems.....
Wed 7 Dec 00:47
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Midnight skiing brings a 30km day....
Tue 6 Dec 11:36
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Day 14....Well half of it....
Tue 6 Dec 04:15
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Day 13! The first uneventful day...rest!
Mon 5 Dec 06:30
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Day 12: First crevasse and I lose my way!
Sun 4 Dec 06:36
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Day 11: Goood news i 've got my sled back!
Sat 3 Dec 00:54
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D10: Hey man, today was the toughest yet...but yippee the pole was perfect!
Fri 2 Dec 06:43
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Day 9: A big one.....!!.
Thu 1 Dec 03:58
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Day 8: The real game begins! Hmmm, I WILL get to the Pole unsupported, no matter what.....
Wed 30 Nov 01:33
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Day 7: So much variety today, I think I'm overstimulated now!
Tue 29 Nov 04:15
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Day 6: Sastruggi and Sled Problems, but another 30km day!
Mon 28 Nov 01:40
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Day 5: An epic struggle, but that whisky coctail is well deserved tonight!
Mon 28 Nov 00:01
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Day 4: The Rules have all changed!
Thu 24 Nov 01:02
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Day 3: Nature shows me some of the
Wed 23 Nov 02:25
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Day 2: The Struggle to accept the wide open nothingness!
Mon 21 Nov 23:39
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From my 1st camp on the ice!
Mon 21 Nov 01:09
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The Start: Messner Start Point ,Antarctic Coast
Sun 20 Nov 00:55
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I Start Tomorrow...!!
Sat 19 Nov 20:56
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Touch down on Antarctica: and a perfect day!
Fri 18 Nov 18:59
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LATEST: Saturday Departure for Antarctica looking Good!
Thu 17 Nov 18:08
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DELAYED due to no flying conditions into Antarctica.
Wed 16 Nov 21:54
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Set to be delayed in Punta Arenas as Antarctica becomes unapproachable!
Mon 14 Nov 11:14
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The Final Day before leaving Cape Town
Sun 6 Nov 18:21
Sep 2007
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Day 35: What a day...!! That's all I can say here..Read all about it below...!
Sat 1 Sep 07:37
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Day 35: What a day...!! That's all I can say here..Read all about it below...!
Sat 1 Sep 07:31
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Day 34: The Whitest Christmas I'll ever have...! No Father Christmas so I gave myself a present!
Sat 1 Sep 07:05
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Day 31: Closer and close, but not easier!
Sat 1 Sep 03:36