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

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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:17PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:17PM (#779095)

    There is only one point that is north and it is in the middle of the continent (roughly) so any trek across the continent will start by heading north and then going south. About the closest to reality that "uphill in the snow both ways" ever gets.

  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:41PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @08:41PM (#779103)

    Captain, we must reverse the polarity on that last comment immediately!

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @09:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 27 2018, @09:52PM (#779131)

      Woops!

      But if you're talking polarity then "Its current distance from the actual Geographic South Pole is approximately 2,860 km (1,780 mi)"
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Magnetic_South_Pole_locations.png [wikipedia.org]

      So it looks like if anything he went SE - S, but after getting Antarctica mixed up don't take my word for it.