updates received fom the guys....

2nd May

25miles done today. Conditions awful. It was warm last night so today the snow stuck to our ski’s, it was like skiing with 4 inch platforms. We had white out conditions, the light goes really flat- can’t see dimensions, what’s near or far. It’s very difficult to keep our orientation and navigate. It’s really windy tonight, we have built a massive snow wall. We are bang on target to be off the ice Saturday night and hope to finish Sunday morning.

We are having ‘happy hippo’s’ for desert and are so sore everywhere!.

Position at 2015hrs (local) N66.74349 W045.09759 Elevation 2275m
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3rd May

Another 24miles done today. We have just eaten chilli with added butter and are having brews before getting our heads down. The chilli is quite spicy and is hurting our scabby swollen lips!

We are still on course for getting off the ice on Saturday. The weather today has been variable. We have had wind, snow and clear patches. Ground has been up and down- the uphill caught is a bit by surprise.

We are both very hungry- looking forward to proper food and lots of it, we are very tired, sore and skinny.

Position 2000hrs (local) N66 50.620 W45 58.160 Elevation 2125m