time reversal

It’s hard to believe that yesterday I was at the South Pole. Right now, I’m sitting in my comfy bed at the Devon B&B in Christshurch. Our flight got in really late (this morning it was delayed 3 hours due to “weather enroute”), so as it’s almost 1 am I’m skipping the traditional “go out [...]

I made it to pole today, after 5 straight days of traveling. This time I was with Brad and Abby for the whole trip, and we had a great time in Christchurch. Notably, we had some great Indian food and beer while in Christchurch, and we went for a walk through the botanical gardens. Since [...]

Yesterday afternoon Jeff, Yuki and I climbed up Observation Hill. to see Mt. Erebus, Scott base, and the Royal Society Range. The view was amazing, but the wind was frigid and very strong. It almost blew us off the top of the hill when we got to the top.

Steaming Mt. Erebus (12,451 ft.) looms [...]

I made it at last! The trip in was entertaining. First, we has a “safety briefing” which basically consisted of them telling us not to get frostbite. It was raining in NZ when they packed us all onto a bus wearing our ECW gear and drove us to the airplane. There was a guy with [...]