Merry Christmas to all (including our followers in the UK who will read this
posting on Boxing Day). Today the team had a remarkable day. Long, yes, but
beautiful and very satisfying. They skied amongst the peaks of the Thiel
Mountains where sunlight sparkled against the terrain like tiny Christmas tree
lights. Dennis’ audio report is so descriptive it is worth finding some speakers
to listen to it.
The team covered a remarkable 27.8 kilometers before
reaching the resupply and at the time that they contacted us they were settled
in their tents enjoying some of the “treats” in the resupply, in this case,
vodka! Tomorrow they plan to take it easy, do some reorganization with the new
ration, and possibly put in a few miles. Dennis also plans to make a Christmas
pudding provided by his mother. The phone cut out before the end of his message,
but it sounded as though he might have been preparing to sing a song ?!*!
The team is camped tonight at the Thiel iMountain weather station &
airstrip located at 85.11.971, W 87.52.326. They have crossed the half way mark!
All of your messages of support and greetings are getting through and they mean
a tremendous amount to the team, especially on the hard days when they need to
dig deep just to put one foot in front of the next.
A couple days ago, when the wind
was up.
On tough days messages from the “outside world” mean a
lot!
Make sure to listen to Dennis’ most excellent
audio report and check back in tomorrow for another update from the team! Merry
Christmas!