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US Adventurer Completes First Unaided Solo Trek Across Antarctica

posted by Fnord666 on Thursday December 27 2018, @06:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the because-he-could dept.

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Submitted via IRC for Bytram

US adventurer completes first unaided solo trek across Antarctica

A 33-year-old man from the United States has become the first person to complete a solo trek across Antarctica without any assistance.

Colin O'Brady finished the 1,500km journey across the frozen continent in 54 days, lugging his supplies on a sledge as he skied in bone-chilling temperatures from north to south.

"I accomplished my goal: to become the first person in history to traverse the continent of Antarctica coast to coast solo, unsupported and unaided," O'Brady wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday, after covering the final 124km in one big push that lasted 32 hours.

"While the last 32 hours were some of the most challenging hours of my life, they have quite honestly been some of the best moments I have ever experienced," he wrote.

"I was locked in a deep flow state the entire time, equally focused on the end goal, while allowing my mind to recount the profound lessons of this journey. I'm delirious writing this as I haven't slept yet."

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  • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:17PM (5 children)

    by fyngyrz (6567) on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:17PM (#779094) Journal

    As of right now, I can't get to the Soylent IRC server at irc.soylentnews.org — has it gone nipples-north? I would have asked this question on IRC, but... 😊

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:51PM (4 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:51PM (#779110) Journal

    It's apparently down for the moment. My client keeps trying, and trying, without success.

    • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Thursday December 27 2018, @09:49PM

      by fyngyrz (6567) on Thursday December 27 2018, @09:49PM (#779130) Journal

      Yup. It's been that way since early morning here.

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    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday December 27 2018, @11:41PM (2 children)

      by edIII (791) on Thursday December 27 2018, @11:41PM (#779165)

      Just tried it via the web interface and I'm logged on. Guess it's back up.

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      • (Score: 2) by fyngyrz on Friday December 28 2018, @02:43AM

        by fyngyrz (6567) on Friday December 28 2018, @02:43AM (#779206) Journal

        Just tried it via the web interface and I'm logged on. Guess it's back up.

        Didn't even think to try that — yes, I'm also in via the web now, but irc.soylentnews.org is still down for my actual IRC client.

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday December 28 2018, @05:33AM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday December 28 2018, @05:33AM (#779260) Journal

        I tried the client again, and what I'm getting is,

        Connection failed. Error: SSL handshake timed out