dìa 36 Juan encara el tramo final de la expedición con mucha energía. Ayer 33Km más en su cuenta, lo que dejan a unos 260Km de la meta. Si las condiciones climáticas se repiten hoy, posiblemente Juan abandone la Latitud 87 grados, la más dura de todo el recorrido. Entraría al llamado "Plató Antártico" posiblemente mañana, donde se encontrará un trazado más llano y menos complicado por la desaparición paulatina de sastruguis y grietas. Espectacular la imagen que nos ha enviado Juan esta misma mañana.
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Jan 7 -- Russian Roulette
South 87 degrees 28.065 West 083 degrees 04.102 17.8 nautical miles Elevation 7,803 ft
My final cache is about 4 miles east of here. Before I started the expedition, we looked at the ground penetrating radar. The planned route veers a bit to the west here to avoid a dangerous crevasse field that's to the east. There are two crevasses one mile south of my cache, so now the trick is to get to the cache but avoid the crevasses. Once I get the cache, I will come back to this location to get ready for the last quarter of the expedition. From here, the south pole is about ten days away. I will get some food and rest and then go get the cache in the morning. So tomorrow will be a short travel day and I will have more weight.
Today has been a good day for travel. I was lazy and got a late start, but I knew I would have to stop after about 18 miles so I could get my cache, so I wasn't too worried about starting late.The climbing continued today. I am now only about 1,500 ft lower in elevation than the pole. The sastrugi keep getting bigger and harder to bike through. I manage most of them, but occasionally I have to get off and push to make it safely through them. At one point my bag fell out of one of my sleds, and it took a while before I realized it and I had to go back and get it. You'd think that I would notice the difference of losing half of my load.
One of the songs that I have on my iPod is Russian Roulette by Rihanna. That song played today and it made me think that with all of the crevasses around me that I'm kind of in a Russian roulette game. I hope I can make it to the pole without falling into one of them. If not, then I guess this will be my last blogpost, and I will leave my family at home destitute, trying to repay the loans I've taken out to finance this expedition. If you feel inclined, you can still help contribute to my expedition at
http://www.gofundme.com/SouthPoleEpic
Thank you to the many people who have helped and are still helping and supporting me in this adventure. It wouldn't be possible without you all.Remember to go out and be active.
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