737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 26
Weather good. Climbing to high camp today. Tough day ahead, long fixed lines with rocky and blue ice sections.
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 41
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 35
15th January 2011Antarctic-logistics are trying to get everyone in to Punta through blockades to fly today. They managed to get fuel for flight. If all goes to plan, might fly out tonight! Waiting is tough! I want to move forward again. It’s good patience training…
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 32
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 32
12th January 2011Apologies for the lack of contact for a few days, had sat phone issues! I caught a lift to Union Glacier Base Camp on the 9th in a supply plane. Was hoping to catch a flight on 10th back to Punta Arenas and then fly on to Santiago but poor weather and…
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 29
9th January 2011I am back in Vinson base camp, long but good day. Hoping to catch a lift on a supply plane tonight back to union glacier base camp. I had to carry 4.5 days of poo in my pack! Looking forward to not pooing in a bag and living in +temperatures!
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Richard Parks summits Mount Vinson, completing leg 2 of the 737 Challenge
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 28
8th January 2011RICHARD SUMMITS MOUNT VINSON!! "We have had great weather on summit day today. We have been moving really quickly, we got up to the summit in about 4 hours and 50 minutes which is really fast as the normal times this season have been 6 – 9 hours. We…
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 27
7th January 2011Hi Guys. Still at high camp. Didn’t climb today, ironically good conditions. Climbing tomorrow but conditions forecast not as good as today. Going to play it by ear, waiting game again but fingers crossed we will be summiting tomorrow or next few…
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 27
7th January 2011Weather still good, moving well as a team, 5hr on from low camp, we are now at high camp and are at 3870m. It normally takes 6-8hours. Wind is picking up tomorrow so probably won’t attempt summit and will have acclimatisation day. Heavy pack today,…
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Richard Parks begins leg 2 of the 737 Challenge.
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 25
5th January 2011Arrived at low camp at 5.50pm local time. Lots of chill time. We are at 2815m. Moved really fast today travelling 9km in 3h40min from Vinson base camp. Was mega hot climbing but cold now!
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 24
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737 Leg 2 Mount Vinson - Day 22
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