“The mental part was the most difficult," said Ryan in a phone call to ExplorersWeb after arriving at the Ross Ice Shelf on 21 January 2010. courtesy Ryan Waters (sent over Contact), http://www.humanedgetech.com/expedition/an2009/geo.php
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Returning to life took more than a year for Cecilie Skog. She decided to find her closing on the very ice that had shaped her husband: Antarctica. In a world's first she would cross the continent with American climber Ryan Waters, and Rolf Bae's maps to guide them.Lost on K2It was a shock: Rolf Bae was very well known in the Polar community for the under-the-radar Antarctic crossing he had made in 2000 with Eirik Sønneland from Toll Base (Dronning Maud Land) to Scott Base. A few years later, Cecilie showed up on the scene. They climbed Cho Oyu together. In 2004,...
The Cycle Race for the South Pole: Spain's Juan Menendez Granados
