expeditions:
SOUTH
Two years after cycling round the world I had to face facts. I was not ready to settle down. I am still hungry for adventure, curious about my potential, excited by life. It was time to set my mind to a new project. There are few good challenges left in life; this is one.
SOUTH is the first return journey to the South Pole on foot, and the longest unsupported (human-powered) polar journey in history. The 1800 mile journey will take 4 months to complete, hauling 200kg sleds.
The culmination of more than four years’ training and preparation, and the input of experts in fields as diverse as satellite communications to the manufacture of carbon composites and next-generation solar fabrics, SOUTH is not a throwback to the Elizabethan age of exploration, it is a statement about what we are collectively capable of achieving.
SOUTH encapsulates the drive to push the boundaries of human capability and break new ground for others to follow.
More information on this pioneering project, due to begin in October 2009, is on the SOUTH website. This pdf brochure summarises the project. Read about our plans in the Daily Telegraph.
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SOUTH is the brainchild and long-term ambition of my good friend Ben Saunders. Ben is the youngest person to ski solo to the North Pole and holds the record for the longest Arctic journey by a Britain. I am privileged and excited to have the opportunity to be tackling SOUTH with him.
We are both determined to do whatever it takes to pull off this audacious challenge. These are exciting times and I hope that you will follow our progress on the blog, with videos, photos and an educational package all coming shortly.
Here are a few blog articles I have written about preparing for SOUTH:
- All you need to know
- Sled pulling
- what does SOUTH mean to me?
- A new beginning
- The vision for SOUTH
- Why go on expeditions?
- Wouldn’t it be nice…
- Hill reps in Richmond Park
- The rules of polar travel
- Morning running
- Daunted by greatness
- Share a load, hit the road
- All you need to know about SOUTH
“To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield”
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