NOTES:
The weather is starting to
turn very fast with a horrendous storm brewing!! For the next 3 days we
will encounter 35mph swirling winds, snow blizzards & complete white
outs.
During this time you can even
struggle to see your own hands in front of yourself let alone your teammates that
are next to you. At all times you have to be even more on high alert as the
dangers from this are as follows:
· You cannot see where your next ski will land or even
if there's a huge cliff in front of you
· Possible navigational errors that could through you
off course from the bad weather
· It’s very important to ensure you keep hydrated and
the calorie intake and listen to your body.
· Most importantly you have absolutely no idea if there
are any Predatory Polar Bears coming from behind or in front to attack!!
It's a very dangerous time and
completely exhausting and at times navigating is almost impossible, but you
still have to keep going!
There is a time limit between
each checkpoint you must arrive by or you will be eliminated from the Polar
Challenge race. Even though we had to push on through the bad storm we were
still operating between 19 - 21 hours per day non-stop which was totally
exhausting.
In our rest periods from inside
the tent we would regularly check every 30 - 60 minutes the outside of the tent
and also shovel the snow away that starts to build up quickly against its
walls.
See some of the pictures
below and the conditions we had to battle through!
