Day 16: “On the road again…”
-26°C | Gentle/moderate breeze | Fair weather | |||
°N -44.24257°W | 2430 m | Distance today: 19km | Total distance: 284km of approx. 600km |
Yesterday, we had to stay on at the same point due to bad weather, but today we went skiing again. Heavy wind forces and temperatures down to minus 19 degrees Celsius, made it a very cold experience. Another 270 km ahead..
Since the phone report below mostly seems to be spoken in Norwegian/Swedish, here is a short summery:
The gale and the blizzard has forced the team to move and remove the walls of shelter, according to the changing wind courses. A nearly hopeless task, because of chilly weather, non-predictable wind directions- and of course the snow falling down all the time, making the conditions really bad. Working for hours in whiteout, digging out the tents, moving the walls and keeping the snow away from the roof. Nevertheless they are "on the road again", since yesterday morning. A smaller frostbite, but nothing serious. And certainly, the downhills make it easier, even if the wind is blowing towards them at the moment. And everybody is sending their best regards to family and friends….
Postet: 22.05.2007
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23.05.2007 ,
05:15
As you may have noticed the map-illustration following the daily reports, is temporarily lacking at the moment. Probably it´s due to the atmospherics/technical problems/server-error and the like. We are trying to reestablish this function, but you´ll never know when the connection is maintained.
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