Jan 18 -- Head Winds South 89 degrees 29.139 West 073 degrees 03.322 Elevation 9,160 ft 11 nm Only 35.4 statute miles left to go It has gotten extremely cold the last couple of days. I have to be very careful when I get in the tent and unpack my sleds. Everything is so cold that if I touch things with my hands I get instant frostbite. It was nice and sunny today, but the winds were straight out of the south. The snow is still soft, which makes setting up the tent easy, but biking hard. With the strong winds and blowing snow, navigation was easy--head straight into the blowing wind. In a lot of ways, this feels a lot like the first couple of weeks, only colder. It feels like I am always climbing, but it is just the soft snow and wind. I gain a hundred feet and then lose it over and over. Fortunately I am now better at working with my gear and sleds and dont spend as much time adjusting things. Still it is hard to be back to getting low mileage. Half a degree to go...not long now. Congratulations to Juan for finishing his skiing/biking expedition. He has accomplished a great feat, because traveling to the south pole is challenging. When I spoke with him at the beginning of our separate journeys, he told me that he would not say he did something that he didnt do. He knows, as do many others, how little biking he really did, so now is the time for him to do the honorable thing and be honest in his claims. Thanks for following me as I bike to the South Pole. Remember to get out and be active! epicsouthpole.blogspot
Posted on: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 03:09:30 +0000
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