dìa 37 29'7 km menos para la meta. Brutal el esfuerzo de Juan por conseguir su objetivo en estos últimos días. Esta mañana partía con poco más de 230 km de distancia al Polo Sur. Sigue la huella dejada por los vehículos de Maria Leijerstam, lo que le facilita un poco las cosas. Hace un par de días que ha sufrido un principio de congelación en uno de los dedos de su pie derecho. De momento, es leve y no es preocupante, pero tendrá que estar muy atento a su evolución.
VAMOS!
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dan se queja de que juan esquìa y no pedalea
He oído que Juan se ha preocupado de que le podría pasar. No entiendo por qué le importaría. Pedalea un día más de ciclismo cada semana, por lo que dudo que le pase, de todos modos. Sin embargo, no importa quién llega primero, no va a ser capaz de decir con toda sinceridad que él fue el primero en llegar en bicicleta hasta el polo sur. Él esquía hacia el polo y monta en su bicicleta durante unos pocos kilómetros cada día. Por ejemplo, ayer, montó tres millas y media. No sé cuáles fueron sus millas totales recorridas en el día, pero sé que no eran más de 15. Pedalear una quinta parte de la distancia en un día, y esquiar el 80% de la distancia total no le califica para ser el primero en llegar en bici al polo sur. Además, él se descalificó en ser el primero en pedalear en bicicleta al polo sur cuando pedaleò menos de 4 millas( 6,4km durante las primeras 100 (161 km ). Así que realmente no importa si él llega primero.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014
Posts from Antarctica sent using an Iridium phone and RedPort Optimizer from the SatPhoneStore.
Jan 8 -- I'm In Love
South 87 degrees 42.000 West 082 degrees 38.936 15 nautical miles (+8.5 to go get the cache) Elevation 8,239 ft.
I love my new yellow wheel! It looks amazingly cool with the red wheel in front and the yellow wheel in back. It works really well with the DHL sticker. You'll have to wait until I get to the south pole to see it. The new wheel makes things so much easier. I can now attack the climbs up the sastrugi without fear of breaking spokes, and then when they drop off ten feet, I can quit pedaling and move back behind the seat and not have to worry about going over the handlebars.
I really love this bike! Before I left, someone posted on Facebook about how inadequate the fat bike he had at the south pole was. The Borealis bike is awesome! I find it ironic that the Borealis will be the first bike to the south pole, as borealis means "northern" and the bike has an Alaskan flag with the north star on it. I have to find the best pressure for the tire again--low enough to be able to move forward in the soft snow, but not too low so that when I hit the sastrugi, it doesn't cause a pinch flat.
The new supplies from the cache have made the sleds heavy again and it makes the hills and even the flat much harder. I am only about 1,100 feet lower than the pole now, so at least there isn't much climbing left. I just have to eat a lot at the stops to give me energy and lighten up the sleds. I also found a Christmas card and Christmas treats from ALE in my cache this morning. I think being alone for so long is messing with my emotions. I was overcome with joy at getting those.
I hear that Juan has been worried that I might pass him. I don't understand why he would care. He gets one more day of biking each week, so I doubt I'll pass him, anyway. However, no matter who gets there first, he will not be able to honestly say he was the first to bike to the south pole. He is skiing to the pole and rides his bike for a few miles every day or so. For example, yesterday, he rode three and a half miles. I don't know what his total miles for the day were, but I know it was more than 15. Riding for one-fifth of the distance in a day, and skiing for 80% of the total distance does not qualify for biking to the south pole. Besides, he disqualified himself as biking to the south pole when he rode for fewer than 4 miles out of the first 100. So it really doesn't matter if he gets there first.
It looks like clouds might be moving in for tomorrow. :(
I'm terrible at biking in the low contrast. But I'm going to just enjoy these remaining days. I can now average about 15 miles and make it to the south pole by next Saturday. The couple of extra miles per day doesn't make much difference at this point.
Shout out and big thank you to some of my many sponsors, especially Borealis, who shipped me this new wheel, the SatPhoneStore who has provided me with the Iridium 9575 satellite phone so that I am able to make these blog posts, all the guys running my bike shop Epic Biking back home, and all of you who have donated to my expedition. You're the greatest!
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