tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5327104992139831612024-03-06T16:59:49.702-07:00The South Pole EpicLog of the first bike ride to the South Pole. Daniel Burton, owner of Epic Biking rode a bike from Hercules Inlet on the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. It has been attempted by others but Daniel Burton is the only person to actually do it.Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-41677094960179386332014-05-25T23:07:00.001-06:002018-12-20T17:08:18.509-07:00Table of Contents<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This little table of content is arranged by subject rather than just by order of posts. I hope this helps to navigate the blog. I am now posting to my <a href="http://blog.dan.burton.name/">blog.dan.burton.name</a> blog and keeping this blog just for the South Pole expedition. Need bike parts? go to <a href="http://www.epicbiking.com/">www.epicbiking.com</a><br />
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-are-you-thinking.html" target="_blank">The Early Planning</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-plan.html" target="_blank">The Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/02/why.html" target="_blank">Why</a></li>
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<li>The Expedition</li>
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/11/im-leaving-on-jet-plane.html" target="_blank">Leaving Utah</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/11/well-i-made-it-to-punta-arenas.html" target="_blank">In Chile</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/11/my-first-bike-ride-in-antarctica.html" target="_blank">Arrive in Antarctica</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-fun-begins.html" target="_blank">First Day of Expedition</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/12/over-hill.html" target="_blank">Finished First 30 Miles</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/12/brilliant-plan.html" target="_blank">1/4 of the Way</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/12/december-28-ultra-weight-weenie.html" target="_blank">1/2 of the Way</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-7-russian-roulette.html" target="_blank">3/4 of the Way</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-15-chased-by-dogs.html" target="_blank">Final Degree</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2014/01/jan-21-at-south-pole.html" target="_blank">At the South Pole!</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/02/daniel-boone.html" target="_blank">Daniel Boone</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/03/going-south-to-get-to-north-pole.html" target="_blank">Alaska</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/10/remembering-halloween.html" target="_blank">More Alaska</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-relationship-to-sir-ernest-h.html" target="_blank">Sir Earnest H. Shackleton</a></li>
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<li>Antarctica Information</li>
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/03/katabatic-winds_9.html" target="_blank">Katabatic Winds</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/03/blues-for-red-planet.html" target="_blank">Crevasses</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/03/ice-cappolar-plateau.html" target="_blank">Polar Icecap</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/03/goodnight.html" target="_blank">Sunrise Sunset</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/04/frozen-desert.html" target="_blank">Desert</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/04/no-bears-are-out-tonight.html" target="_blank">Wildlife</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/06/south-bottom-of-map.html" target="_blank">Top of the World?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/07/yukimarimo.html" target="_blank">Yukimarimo</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/03/bonneville-shoreline.html" target="_blank">Bonneville Shoreline</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/04/do-or-do-not-there-is-no-try.html" target="_blank">Mental Training</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/05/jacobs-ladder.html" target="_blank">Jacob's Ladder</a></li>
<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/06/perigee-full-moon.html" target="_blank">White Rim in a Night</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/05/good-morning-utah.html" target="_blank">Good Morning Utah</a></li>
<li> <a href="http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/2013/11/ksl-story.html" target="_blank">KSL</a></li>
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-91640372356077412072014-05-08T20:48:00.001-06:002014-05-08T20:50:09.101-06:00Adventure Gear Expo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have been invited to speak at the Adventure Gear Expo tomorrow at 7pm. Fox ran a little story about me and the expo.<br />
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-28105155879443133732014-04-10T21:01:00.003-06:002014-04-10T21:01:42.559-06:00My Relationship to Sir Ernest H. Shackleton<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Assuming I did this right:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Ernest Henry Shackleton Sir</b> (1874 - 1922)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> is my 8th cousin 5x removed</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Henry Shackleton</b> (1847 - 1921)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> father of Ernest Henry Shackleton Sir</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Ebenezer Shackleton</b> (1784 - 1856)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> father of Henry Shackleton</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Abraham Shackleton</b> (1752 - 1818)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> father of Ebenezer Shackleton</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /><b>Richard Shackleton</b> (1726 - 1792)<br /> father of Abraham Shackleton<br /><b>Abraham Shackleton</b> (1696 - 1771)<br /> father of Richard Shackleton<br /><b>Richard Shackleton</b> (1643 - 1705)<br /> father of Abraham Shackleton<br /><b>Roger Shackleton</b> (1616 - 1677)<br /> father of Richard Shackleton<br /><b>John Shackleton</b> (1584 - 1634)<br /> father of Roger Shackleton<br /><b>Rodger Shackleton</b> (1555 - 1597)<br /> father of John Shackleton<br /><b>William Shackleton</b> (1586 - 1629)<br /> son of Rodger Shackleton<br /><b>Roger Shackleton</b> (1609 - 1636)<br /> son of William Shacleden Shackleton<br /><b>John Shackleton</b> (1635 - )<br /> son of Roger Shackleton<br /><b>Roger Shackleton</b> (1663 - 1732)<br /> son of John Shackleton<br /><b>John SHACKLETON</b> (1687 - 1733)<br /> son of Roger Shackleton<br /><b>Christopher SHACKLETON</b> (1723 - 1746)<br /> son of John SHACKLETON<br /><b>Agnes (Nancy) SHACKLETON</b> (1760 - 1836)<br /> daughter of Christopher SHACKLETON<br /><b>Stephen Longstroth</b> (1788 - 1861)<br /> son of Agnes (Nancy) SHACKLETON<br /><b>Nanny Longstroth</b> (1828 - 1911)<br /> daughter of Stephen Longstroth<br /><b>Alice Ann Richards</b> (1849 - 1940)<br /> daughter of Nanny Longstroth<br /><b>Willard Richards Smith</b> (1872 - 1951)<br /> son of Alice Ann Richards<br /><b>Maud Smith</b> (1898 - 1990)<br /> daughter of Willard Richards Smith<br /><b>Sheril Dale Burton</b> (1935 - )<br /> son of Maud Smith<br /><b>Daniel Paul Burton</b><br /> son of Sheril Dale Burton</span></div>
Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-61167447880571598512014-02-24T13:10:00.004-07:002014-02-24T13:10:57.610-07:00National Geographic Inteview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I'm often asked if it was worth it to bike to the South Pole. I half jokingly say getting interviewed by National Geographic made it all worthwhile.<br />
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Here is the interview: <a href="http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-content/audio/ngwkd1408-hour1_seg1-cb1393035298.mp3" target="_blank">National Geographic Weekend</a><br />
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-34439993034109035822014-02-21T22:58:00.000-07:002014-02-21T22:58:43.312-07:00KSL News<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Jed Boal of KSL always does a good job with his news stories. He is also great to talk to when he interviews me. Anyway here is the latest news story. http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=210&sid=28803794</div>
Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-1847641802986032972014-02-19T09:09:00.000-07:002014-02-19T09:09:54.562-07:00Not Puffy Clouds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-77876423917785533972014-02-18T17:13:00.005-07:002014-02-18T17:13:57.605-07:00Crevasse!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="text-align: left;">This may be hard to see and understand, but the hole just left of the sled is the crevasse I fell into. The scary thing about this picture is that without the hole you would never know that this is a snow bridge across a crevasse. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">How big and deep is this crevasse? I don't know. I wanted to go back and get a better picture, but I was too scared to get any closer to it. Also </span>interesting in this picture is the number of ski tracks going over the crevasse. All the other expeditions skied over this. In fact Richard Park skied over this just about 30 minutes before I fell into it.<br />
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-69881778125833622502014-02-15T20:52:00.001-07:002014-02-18T17:59:33.627-07:00Three Great Explorers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There are a lot of amazing explorers in this world. I met a bunch of them in Antarctica. I felt like a midget amongst giants when I would sit down with seven submitters and amazing mountaineer and polar adventurers.<br />
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However there are three great adventurers that were the inspiration for my expedition. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Eric Larsen</span></b><br />
In December 2012, just as I was getting into snow biking Eric started his expedition to bike to the South Pole. I followed his expedition. In 8 days he traveled 1/4 of the way to the South Pole. It took me 16 days to cover the same distance. </div>
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I would never have even thought about biking to the South Pole if I hadn't heard of Eric's expedition. I studied his blog to learn as much as I could about biking to the South Pole. While I was on my expedition I would often remember things I had read in his blog, and think that now I understood what he was talking about. Eric is a true inspiration and his expedition convinced me that biking to the South Pole was possible. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Hannah McKeand</span></b> </div>
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Hannah use to hold the record for the fastest solo expedition to the South Pole. I read her blog and learned a lot about polar expeditions from it. I was very honored to have her bring me food when I ran out one day before I reached the pole. </div>
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Aaron set the record for the most days to get to the South Pole. He took 81 days to get to the pole. When most people would have given up he continued on. I felt I needed to train myself mentally to be prepared to continue on no matter what. This was as important, or maybe more important than any physical training I could do. I wanted to have the perseverance of Aaron. I had to draw on that mental preparation in order to finish</div>
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There are many great explorers but those three are the ones that inspired me the most as I biked to the South Pole. Thanks Eric, Hannah, and Aaron!</div>
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-23065225817742814162014-02-12T21:49:00.001-07:002014-02-12T21:49:20.394-07:00I Miss My Bike<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjjTzYnJC_6jFBAWEuu0u9mji77x2bGqCDzA9jtg9iabuBMmErJpoWcVf7sFNYzcjni4FfyO030u34wSj6BlHYmtJmhA50WtK1iWc3bzsADoIAo6mgBcLZcYDzTIphAuQ2MDyTCN5ln8/s640/blogger-image-1262130238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipjjTzYnJC_6jFBAWEuu0u9mji77x2bGqCDzA9jtg9iabuBMmErJpoWcVf7sFNYzcjni4FfyO030u34wSj6BlHYmtJmhA50WtK1iWc3bzsADoIAo6mgBcLZcYDzTIphAuQ2MDyTCN5ln8/s640/blogger-image-1262130238.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My bike is still in Punta Arenas. In order to get it shipped home I have to provide a list of everything in the box it is being shipped in. I sent the packing list to Mark at ALE twice but somehow he never got it. I'm betting it is a spam filter issue. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Borealis was very generous and sent me a demo bike to use while I wait for my bike to get back from Chile. I still had my <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> old Moonlander at home so I rode it to the store this morning, and rode the Borealis home tonight. The Borealis is so much nicer in every way. However, the handling/steering of the Borealis vs the Moonlander is probably the biggest thing I notice. The Borealis just feels like it should and the Moonlander just has a funky feeling to the way it steers. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Anyway the demo Borealis is great, but I miss my bike. I spent a lot of time with that bike and I like my custom build. I will be so glad to get my bike back. </span></div>Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-64199433571045579322014-02-02T18:51:00.000-07:002014-02-02T18:51:02.990-07:00Welcome Home Party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-59550791201689755402014-01-29T16:35:00.001-07:002014-01-29T16:35:05.538-07:00The Body Strikes Back<span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-M3';">I think my body is still in rebellion. My pants fit like I'm Harry Potter and my pants are Dudley hand-me-downs. My few hour bike ride today has made my legs very weak and tired, and this morning I about passed out on the way to breakfast. A little orange juice fixed this morning's problem.</span><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-M3';"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-M3';">Before I left Chile for Antarctica one day I had ice cream for lunch and ice cream soup for dinner. I went and had pizza with Vesa just a little bit ago, and was very full. But now I am already hungry again, so I am doing the ice cream/ice cream soup thing again tonight. I also got a few other high sugar items to keep me going until morning. It is just too long between meals right now to go all night without eating. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPLgPu78CYf5tfVZ9p1TzfsyGXZdpJDF_6pC4wyfyN3PS1hwM_TRRQuOzGkpYVzeDj1VYAlyOtzNqzWDqYMbXvjrgfHFjB1gdxeZt6W52TGczGG31d6Dov-5U4FhMSAPer6bn9dsx8xE/s640/blogger-image--1562532933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPLgPu78CYf5tfVZ9p1TzfsyGXZdpJDF_6pC4wyfyN3PS1hwM_TRRQuOzGkpYVzeDj1VYAlyOtzNqzWDqYMbXvjrgfHFjB1gdxeZt6W52TGczGG31d6Dov-5U4FhMSAPer6bn9dsx8xE/s640/blogger-image--1562532933.jpg"></a></div></span></div>Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-87495896893101712792014-01-29T12:18:00.001-07:002014-01-29T12:18:41.550-07:00Penguin huntingMy penguin hunt turned out to be a disaster. <div><br></div><div>I got some food and supplies, loaded up my panniers and headed out to see if I could find Seno Otway where there is a penguin colony. I rode down to the Strait of Magellan and then headed north. The wind was at my back and I was cursing along knowing that eventually I would have to bike back into the wind, but hey I had biked to the pole and I was on a penguin hunt. </div><div><br></div><div>The instructions I had found were that you turn left on a dirt rode after the police police check point. So I'm not sure how far this is and I stop at the security booth for Frigorifico Simunovic S.A.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSZzmL_x7XpNMtYLjckoz6RUDmwoZwFQycKzoHT2ahTYOexsG-7tEQzgiu6vhH85Dj2Zkx6_gCKjnxV0qptx2QdGwiRwCsjxjgY9kghR63yJo-KoviNZnIDrwiL5TZuAQ5oMn_cgaNug/s640/blogger-image-707415299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoSZzmL_x7XpNMtYLjckoz6RUDmwoZwFQycKzoHT2ahTYOexsG-7tEQzgiu6vhH85Dj2Zkx6_gCKjnxV0qptx2QdGwiRwCsjxjgY9kghR63yJo-KoviNZnIDrwiL5TZuAQ5oMn_cgaNug/s640/blogger-image-707415299.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I talk to a couple of young men and figure out I am still heard the right direction. A little after I leave them I look down and my gps is gone. It must have fallen out when I was layer the bike down to talk to them. So I go back, they are gone and some older gentleman is there. I can't figure out how to get him to realize that I had dropped the gps and the other two must have picked it up. So I lost the gps with all my South Pole trip data on it! I want that back so much! If I could figure out how to offer the security guards a reward for the return of the gps I would. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I eventually give up and in a bit of a sad mood continue on. It is windy. It is always windy here. The tailwind turns into a crosswind with a bit of headwind. I remember why I got rid of the panniers at Thiels. They are so hard to move into a headwind. I am biking with a 30° lean to the left and keep,getting bown off the street. I realize I am not enjoying this. I biked for two months with bad winds and no penguin is going to be cute enough to make this worthwhile. So, at about half way to the penguin colony I turn back, lean 30° to the right and pedal along. When I get to the airport I grab a taxi and go back to the hotel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">No penguin pictures, no fun, and now no gps data. :-(</div></div>Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-81726641760504570562014-01-28T20:22:00.000-07:002014-01-28T20:22:24.229-07:00In Chile for Another Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: '.HelveticaNeueInterface-M3'; font-size: 17px;">Looks like I have to book a new flight. Orbitz quoted us a price then when we tried to book it the price they charged was higher than what was quoted. Then we got an email saying that the booking failed and now the price has gone up again. Not too happy with orbitz right now.</span></div>
Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-26870093329702096742014-01-28T13:20:00.001-07:002014-01-28T13:20:00.128-07:00My Spanish SucksWhat I thought was shampoo turned out to be hair conditioner. So now what is suppose to be my long scraggly expedition beard is not only short and pathetic, but is also nice and soft. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNz0S_OKF1optTz7jSPEL3s47SJfN3hio8wKyVTaZRlDPOf4Fab09KDd6WwQyzWX_HhCZQ-SQ17sQCjhi-R2QQAhvLvtM0bhf8stboteG0GfvAbwHiYdSCTF-kpmYrDC9PO7ZgK7AnuSI/s640/blogger-image-462128123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNz0S_OKF1optTz7jSPEL3s47SJfN3hio8wKyVTaZRlDPOf4Fab09KDd6WwQyzWX_HhCZQ-SQ17sQCjhi-R2QQAhvLvtM0bhf8stboteG0GfvAbwHiYdSCTF-kpmYrDC9PO7ZgK7AnuSI/s640/blogger-image-462128123.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">What is the deal with people always posting pictures of themselves in front of the bathroom mirror anyway? Oh well, I finally broke down and did it. </div>Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-77163697773028384722014-01-28T03:13:00.001-07:002015-01-15T07:30:57.363-07:00Tent Drying<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-69546021222276402722014-01-28T00:09:00.001-07:002014-01-28T00:09:40.574-07:00Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All these are from my wifi enabled camera. Photos from other cameras will have to come later. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Picts from the first and so far only real bike expedition to the South Pole:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAR5cDE91Iu581ZBRVl8IjNZ7qSAaHMB5mkaUfsNth8w62uXsvXpm0v6elJXpZYNan8s2VDlGL2TmDsWB4lWBXKtfFBbFFdSGbUYIr2kbn2kvEOC_Sf_krnjxoDIuhvGLWInjzaOhPqU/s640/blogger-image--649223020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAR5cDE91Iu581ZBRVl8IjNZ7qSAaHMB5mkaUfsNth8w62uXsvXpm0v6elJXpZYNan8s2VDlGL2TmDsWB4lWBXKtfFBbFFdSGbUYIr2kbn2kvEOC_Sf_krnjxoDIuhvGLWInjzaOhPqU/s640/blogger-image--649223020.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; clear: both;">At the pole calling home. 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I feel like Phil in the movie Goundhog Day. This is the end of a very long day it started almost two months ago and finally it is dark. The first night I have had since last November. Yet I have been spending so much time posting replies to comments and posting pictures to Facebook and stuff like that that I am still awake 3:34 am. I need to get to bed. Soon. Mike says I look like a homeless dude and he wants to give me $5. I'll take it.<br />
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But whether my wife likes it or not the beard stays until I got to church at least once. It is a bit of an expedition trophy. I have my tent and everything spread all over my room here in Punta Arenas to dry out. When they brought my bike to my room I went down to the bike shop where a cassette and cassette lock ring took were purchased to thank them and to get a bolt I,lost on the trip. I tried to tell them thanks and let them know they are part of history by making the first bike expedition to the South Pole a success but I don't think they understood what I was saying. I love Punta Arenas, but it is sometimes hard when my Spanish is near zero and people don't speak English here. </div>
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I'm tired and going to get some sleep, I'll start adding pictures into the blog posts tomorrow. In the mean time I posted some higher res pictures on Facebook. </div>
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-20828152896153033152014-01-24T20:29:00.000-07:002014-01-25T20:56:58.465-07:00Crevasses<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I fell into one crevasse. Only one leg fell in and I used my bike to pull myself back out. I got away from it as quickly as I could and then wanted to get a picture of it, but I didn't dare get close enough to it to be able to see how big or deep it was or to get the picture. This is a picture of a small crevasse with my glove to show the size. I biked over hundreds of these. One day I ended up setting my tent up with the tent on one side, and the rope holding the tent down staked to the other side of a small crevasse like this one.</div>
Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-9217048317649633692014-01-24T20:23:00.000-07:002014-01-25T20:57:38.656-07:00Sastrugi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was hard for me to get a picture that truly showed the size of the sastrugi that I was biking in. Here the sled has turned over as I went through a sastrugi that was about 6 feet high.</div>
Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-63949894291000819572014-01-24T20:21:00.000-07:002014-01-25T20:58:18.202-07:00Sending Blog Updates<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-77247325778492698672014-01-24T20:12:00.000-07:002014-01-25T21:00:54.309-07:00Navigating a Whiteout<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was really easy to get turned around in the whiteout conditions, and if I wasn't careful I would just go in a big circle. Here, I tried putting my compass on top of my handlebar bag. But even there it was impossible to bike and also keep an eye on the compass to make sure I was continuing in the right direction.</div>
Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-23921022363375184982014-01-24T20:09:00.000-07:002014-01-24T23:38:17.113-07:00Desert?They say Antarctic is a desert because it has such low humidity and receives so little snowfall. However we got a light snowfall for several days and here you can see the snow is sticking to the bike. The soft snore was one of my worst enemies. There is a nice firm base under the snow here so biking was still possible, but the sleds would be a lot harder to pull and the traction would be low requiring a very low tire pressure.Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-24313792031900161882014-01-24T20:02:00.000-07:002014-01-25T21:09:40.196-07:00Whiteout Pic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dpburtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04244073357994457266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-532710499213983161.post-37348477505517538732014-01-24T19:13:00.000-07:002015-01-15T07:33:32.394-07:00Jan 24 -- Ghost Camp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's almost like a little Ghost Town here now. I'm waiting for my flight back to Chile which is scheduled for the 27th, but may get bumped to the 26th because of weather. In the meantime, they are in the process of taking down camp and getting everything ready to be sent back to Chile until next season. So it is continually getting to be less and less of a camp.<br />
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It's not too bad outside here right now, just a little below freezing. Much warmer than it was at the pole. Vesa told me today that the temperature inside his tent was 80 degrees. I had to open the flaps on my tent because it was so warm inside.<br />
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I've been trying and trying to send pictures, but I just can't get a good enough charge on my batteries to be able to send them. Minus 40 degrees is very hard on batteries. After I get to Chile I can send some pictures. I don't know when I will fly home to Utah yet. I am waiting to buy a return flight ticket until I know for sure when I will be back in Chile. The flights out of Antarctica can be delayed because of weather and that has happened a lot this year.<br />
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Thank you for following me as I rode my bike to the South Pole. Remember to get out and be active! </div>
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