So you think you're in shape?

[big4life]

Read the story about two men seeking to become the first ever to walk to the north pole in the 24 hour polar night. They hope to average 10 miles a day, each of them pulling 300 plus pound sleds across the ice. They expect it to take 60 days to reach their goal.

Just imagine what it would be like to be in 60 days of complete darkness, without pulling a sled across ice.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0602/features/north-pole-expedition4.html

 

[Tytan]

that type of physical endurance training is not for me orb..........

 

[big4life]

that type of physical endurance training is not for me orb..........

Yeah, but you know, I think it would be cool to try.

 

[jack sparrow]

The 60 days of darkness alone would make me commit suicide I think.

 

[SoreArms]

I think I'll just hang out on my couch. Can some one pass me a beer?

 

[beefcake28]

I think I'll just hang out on my couch. Can some one pass me a beer?

Agreed...

 

[Lestat]

i kind of want to try to hike everest.. seriously, its a dream.

 

[covergrl80]

more power to them both. I sit here and chat with you folks.

 

[alien amp pharm]

more power to them both. I sit here and chat with you folks.

dammit

 

[Frisky]

thats not in shape... thats insane

 

[UA_Iron]

thats silly

but I couldnt do it right now.

 

[DannoMight]

I don't like to walk or do much cardio.

 

[Spartacus]

Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914 voyage to the Antarctic. Just one day's sail from the continent, the ship Endurance became trapped in sea ice. Frozen fast for ten months, the ship was crushed and destroyed by ice pressure, and the crew was forced to abandon ship. After camping on the ice for five months, Shackleton made two open boat journeys, one of which—a treacherous 800-mile ocean crossing to South Georgia Island—is now considered one of the greatest boat journeys in history. Trekking across the mountains of South Georgia, Shackleton reached the island's remote whaling station, organized a rescue team, and saved all of the men he had left behind.

 

[Spartacus]

http://www.aetv.com/tv/shows/shackleton/index.html

launching the james caird

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

Read the story about two men seeking to become the first ever to walk to the north pole in the 24 hour polar night. They hope to average 10 miles a day, each of them pulling 300 plus pound sleds across the ice. They expect it to take 60 days to reach their goal.

Just imagine what it would be like to be in 60 days of complete darkness, without pulling a sled across ice.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0602/features/north-pole-expedition4.html

I saved this off to read later. I truly admire people who do something so challenging that not only does it take every fiber of their physical being, but mental too. Damn, that would be some rough times right there.

 

[covergrl80]

dammit

Ok would you rather me get lost?

 

[Spartacus]

I'd like to have taken you with me in the Caird.
Frank Hurley: You've chosen a good team.
Sir Ernest Shackleton: You're the expedition photographer,
Frank: I think it right that you stay with the expedition. In some ways you *are* the expedition. I don't know what our chances are in the Caird; evens at best, I suspect. If we die, then what we've done lies with you and your pictures. You are our story. If I don't come back, I want to make sure there's someone there to tell it. I've drawn up this letter: it gives you back the rights to all your pictures and your films if I die.
Frank Hurley: Thank you, I appreciate it.
Sir Ernest Shackleton: It's a trick, of course.
Frank Hurley: Sir?
Sir Ernest Shackleton: I'm not intending to die.

 

[Raina]

To each his/her own but it's amazing what people can do when they are fulfilling a dream.

 

[big4life]

I saved this off to read later. I truly admire people who do something so challenging that not only does it take every fiber of their physical being, but mental too. Damn, that would be some rough times right there.

When you read it, check out the solo adventures that these two men have been on.

This adventure here will see them face temps. from -10 f. to -80 f. wind chill factor.

 

[Tytan]

To each his/her own but it's amazing what people can do when they are fulfilling a dream.

truth.........

 

[Spartacus]

truth.........

Last July, 26-year-old Leonardo Diaz got one of those solicitation calls that most of us hang up on. It saved his life.

Maria-Angelica Triana, a service representative with BellSouth Corp. (www.bellsouth.com) was calling to see if she could sell him some more time on his prepaid cellular account. Diaz had something more urgent to discuss: He had become disoriented while climbing one of Colombia’s highest peaks and desperately needed help.

He had started off to climb the Nevado del Ruiz, a 17,600-foot mountain, carrying only chocolates, a bottle of brandy, and his prepaid cellphone, which had run out of minutes. At about 13,000 feet, the lack of oxygen had clouded his judgment. He was beginning to suffer from hypothermia, and a second nightfall was fast approaching.

BellSouth summoned help, but search efforts had to be postponed because of darkness. Through the night, Triana and colleagues took turns calling Diaz every 20 minutes to keep him alert. Late that night, a group of French climbers who were already on the mountain found Diaz and stayed with him until a rescue team arrived the following morning.

 

[bran987]

there's no pics of them, are they bodybuilders

 

[blut wump]

You have to reckon he was on some kind of supermodel diet with just chocolates and booze and out doing cardio for the day with an empty phone.

 

[PBR]

To each his/her own but it's amazing what people can do when they are fulfilling a dream.

i would like to feel that kind of passion for just one thing....