Amundsen was 34, Scott 44, Shackleton 42 (at the time of Endurance) – polar explorers never were spring chickens.
(By Correne Coetzer) Attitude is everything South Pole skier Ian Evans told Explorersweb. At 58, he became the oldest Canadian to ski form a coastal start point to the Geographic South Pole.
“I tried to manage the problems and break them down into manageable pieces – the next day, the next hour or the next chocolate bar.”