ANTARCTICA.

All-consuming now, every waking moment between New Years & January 10^th.

Pup nursed to health.  Pumping in a ton of work hours.  Everything outta the fridge.  Packing – repacking.

One carry-on, one backpack.  That’s all I’m gonna carry.  Solo adventuring, self-support.  Not counting on multiple costume changes [while] camping bottom of the World.  Holy moly – this is really happening!

Monday.  SWAG day.  First glimpse at my White Continent Team.

No participant names, only city and state – like a page from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.  Houston, San Diego, Ft Lauderdale, Chapel Hill NC, Greenland NH – and me, Louisville COLORADO.  ALL got a GOLDEN TICKET.

Penguin countdown just 3 days more.  Tick, tick, tick.  Crazy excited.  ANTARCTICA!

…in your swag box you should have the following items:

 

One Navy Patagonia Fleece pullover jacket with WCM logo embroidered on front and back
One Navy Gilden T-shirt with WCM logo screen-printed on front and MA logo and tagline on back
One Navy Gilden T-shirt with PAM Logo screen-printed on front and MA logo and tagline on back
One Marathon Adventures 26.2 oval car magnet
One 2019 WCM round car magnet
One Columbia backpack with 2019 WCM logo embroidered at the top
Three 2019 WCM luggage tags
Two Marathon Adventures luggage tags
Two Marathon Adventures round patches
Two Marathon Adventures round stickers

Antarctica SWAG day

Colin O’Brady Completes Crossing of Antarctica With Final 32-Hour Push

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/sports/antarctica-race-colin-obrady.html

 

The final miles of a nearly two-month race across Antarctica — a lonely effort marked by long days, short nights and stunning endurance — ended Wednesday with a sprint to the finish.

 

In what could go down as one of the great feats in polar history, the American Colin O’Brady, 33, covered the final 77.54 miles of the 921-mile journey across Antarctica in one final sleepless, 32-hour burst, becoming the first person ever to traverse Antarctica from coast to coast solo, unsupported and unaided by wind.

 

O’Brady’s transcontinental feat, which took him an actual total of 932 miles with some zigzags along the course, was remarkable enough; but to complete the final 77.54 miles in one shot — essentially tacking an ultramarathon onto the 53rd day of an already unprecedented journey — set an even higher bar for anyone who tries to surpass it.

 

“I don’t know, something overcame me,” O’Brady said in a telephone interview. “I just felt locked in for the last 32 hours, like a deep flow state. I didn’t listen to any music — just locked in, like I’m going until I’m done. It was profound, it was beautiful, and it was an amazing way to finish up the project.”