Author: Test Your Limits

We got up and the call came. Mad packing to get to the hanger and load up the chopper. This is a beautiful beast! It’s logged over 44000 hours! We were all strapped in and ready to lift off and turns out there were two different sets of GPS coordinates. Woohoo. Always an adventure! The flight took 25-30 minutes. We did get to dog camp and got camp up pretty quickly. I’m sharing with Eric. 6’8”. Awesome tech, sci fi, guide extraordinaire. We decided to put up the group tent as well and had stir fry chicken and veg followed by popcorn.  Now we wait for the dogs to arrive…..

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Last night we had a Greenland BBQ reindeer. Today we got the weather forecast and it is appalling up on the glacier.

We haven’t heard from the dog teams so things are still up in the air. We remain hopeful that we will get out on the chopper tomorrow to meet at dog camp and get started. Spirits are good. Dale and I walked to old town and met up with teammate Ian. This afternoon we walked in the other direction just to loosen up the legs.

Up to organize gear and get it over to helipad. Chopper will take us out en route to two evacuations off the ice. Dogs still weather stuck, so we may have a few days in tent city up on the glacier awaiting their arrival.

Whoa nelly. Spent the entire day on call to fly out and just now told won’t be flying today. All our gear is over in the hanger. Will restart the process tomorrow.

Landed in Kangerlussuaq. 500 people and a very big runway. Snowing, cold. Did practice tent setup, stove operation, and sorted food supplies per tent.

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TYL team has arrived in Greenland! -9 and overcast with some snow. Gear check today. Them team meeting and we will get the lay of the land!

And we’re off!

This is a pretty grueling trek – we are skiing across Greenland – approximately 600km, winter camping the whole way.

Yesterday we arrived in Copenhagen. We fly out to Kangerlussuaq on May 4^th. Kangerlussuaq is a settlement on the west coast of Greenland and acts as the main air transport hub .

We start skiing on the 6^th for 18-24 days pending weather.

I am looking forward to the rhythm of adventure when out on trip. I have always found that once you get into a rhythm your mind is free to think about the possibilities.

We have added a unique navigational GPS device to the trip this year that will enable you to follow the expedition in real-time and send messages to the team. If you wish to access this, please click on the link below that will take you to our team’s MapShare page. Please feel free to share this link with any others who may be interested in following our journey. We look forward to hearing from you on trip!

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