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Showing posts with label North Pole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Pole. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Last post of the night...

Top of the world! They made it there unassisted: First Americans to reach North Pole without aid had to drag all their gear

Also see their own stories of their trip:

http://www.forwardexpeditions.com/ and http://northpole.swissarmy.com/ (the trip was sponsored by the makers of Swiss Army knives)

They ate 8,000 calories a day (10,000 for a final push of 66 hours where they slept a total of three hours), but lost about 30 lbs each over the two-month journey. They each were dragging about 250 lbs behind them in gear and supplies. The trip was a fundraiser for CaringBridge, a Minnesota-based non-profit organisation which sponsors, as they put it, free, personalised websites that support and connect loved ones during critical illness, treatment and recovery.

Great job!