Happy February!
Maybe it’s the daily snow showers, maybe it’s my consistent/constant Ironman training – either way, gotta get O-U-T. Climb, hike, snowshoe, cross country ski, snow camp – itching to get outdoors.
I have an Adventurer’s heart.
Recently purchased “The Endurance” – a documentary detailing Ernest Shackleton’s 18-month journey to & escape from Antarctica. 27 men signed up for this epic adventure via a newspaper ‘Men Wanted’ ad.
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- Ernest Shackleton
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- constant danger, safe return doubtful
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- “The Endurance”
Where are these advertisements today? Who doesn’t want to challenge their mind, their heart, their body, their spirit – to the brink of saying ‘No Mas’. I can’t do this anymore.
I have an Adventurer’s heart.
Forward your favourite clips my way – email: keenan@mycoloradolife.net, Facebook, Google +, Twitter.
Hoping to bring an Adventurer’s heart to Texas & bang out my 4th FULL marathon — only two weeks away 🙂
UPDATE:
Facebook post from Ft Collins hiker, Cammy – summiting an 18,400ft volcano in Mexico. SPECTACULAR!
18,400ft hike
2012 – 52 hikes in 52 weeks
2013 – completed 2 FULL marathons (Alaska & Arizona)
2014 – Ironman Boulder
- Swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles & run 26.2 miles – yep, 140.60 miles in a day
Impossible? Maybe – but won’t know ‘til I try. After completing my 2nd FULL marathon last month in Tucson, decided to continue with one FULL marathon a month ‘til Ironman in August (assuming my body continues to hold up).
Started swimming in late October – hit my Ironman distance for the first time today 🙂
Biking? Hmmm… Well I own a bike – but don’t plan on training ‘til April (after Colorado winter). Folks say it’s the easiest of the 3 disciplines. Haven’t consistently rode a bike since I was 9 – yet I plan on biking 112 miles by August. Yikes!
Scary stuff – but that’s what goals & resolutions are all about, right? Expanding your horizons, pushing yourself to greatness & living a life with zero regrets. Happy New Year 2014!
2014 Marathon schedule
January – Baton Rouge, LA
February – Austin, TX
March – Atlanta, GA
April – Salt Lake City, UT
May – Kennebunk, ME
June – Minneapolis, MN
July – Missoula, MT
Mt Sanitas, Boulder
LOVE LOVE National Geographic’s Crossing the Ice – AMMMMMAAAAZING!
Was it the snow, the location or just the impossibility of the challenge itself? Yep, probably the latter.
Best film of the year. Highly recommended!
Next time you’re in the gym & they call you crazy for thinking you can finish an Ironman, without EVER competing & completing a triathlon (never mind age) – watch these 2 Aussies first learn to ski, then reach the South Pole unassisted.
Absolutely anything is possible.
After the crossing the Tasman the boys took on an even more audacious challenge – the first ever unsupported trek from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back. Starting with very limited experience they spent months researching, consulting with experts from all round the globe, training in the Arctic and NZ, rehearsing the skills they would need to survive in the highest, driest, windiest and coldest place on Earth.
Pulling loads that started at 160kg and temperatures as cold as -40 C, they battled frostbite, injury, whiteouts, crevasses, gear failure and slow starvation. During the 89 days it took them to ski 2275km without any outside support or assistance they lost a combined 55kg of body weight. Their adventure set a new benchmark and raised the bar of polar exploration globally.
Facts about Crossing the Ice:
- Crossing the Ice was the first EVER unsupported return journey to the South Pole.
- Cas and Jonesy are the youngest team to ever reach the South Pole.
- Previous attempts: Jon Muir, Peter Hillary and Eric Phillips attempted the return journey in 1998. They reached the South Pole after 84 days on the ice but didn’t complete the return. Kiwi adventurers: Kevin Biggar and Jamie Fitzgerald also attempted the return journey in 2007, their attempt was also unsuccessful.
- Less people have man hauled to the South Pole (58 people) than have stood on the summit of Mt Everest (4600).
‘Crossing the Ice’
