Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
stabilisers packed up. In fact, it keeps breaking down. I'm only as fast
as the slowest member of the team, and lately the slowest member
has been this incredibly expensive truck. At one point the alternator
broke, and Scotty had to repair it because the spare we had was the
wrong size. And, while I'm having a whinge about the vehicle, there's
no room in it. It was supposed to be an emergency shelter, but the
back half is taken up with a floor-to-roof fuel tank, and there is room
in the back only for Ming's computer and gear, with Eric and Scotty in
the front. Added to these problems, it was two days late arriving. It's
not my favourite piece of equipment in the world. For the first couple
of days before the truck caught up with us we travelled with skidoos,
and they were great.
There is no wildlife down here, at least, not on the track I'm tak-
ing. Having said that, though, I did encounter some wildlife in the
form of Cas and Jonesy. Soon after I finally set out today I saw coming
towards me from the south two trekkers who turned out to be the Aus-
tralians James Castrission and Justin Jones, young adventurers skiing
unassisted from Union Glacier to the South Pole and back again to
Search WWH ::




Custom Search