> I think the most amazing thing is the mental endurance of the trip. Knowing your in the middle of freakin no where, you haven't seen a road or person for a week and you still have a 1,000 miles to go... now thats tough.

Agreed - hard to imagine even for an introvert like me.

Unsupported to the South Pole wearing only shorts and a T-shirt (GoLite, of course)?

He's going to traverse the circumference of the moon. Unsupported. No space suit.

Here's a Fairbanks radio station's piece about Andrews latest little hike.

I'm still chuckling over Roman Dial's comment that Andrew'd "make a really good sled dog"

Regarding Robert's quip: "Unsupported to the South Pole wearing only shorts and a T-shirt" ... Andrew's already test driven that concept late in his Ultralight in the Nation's Icebox trek ... documented in the last photo on this page.

Edited by jcolten on 09/23/2010 17:59:51 MDT.

Andrew's wrapup AYE blog entry ... why can't I get a hyperlink to work here, here's the less convenient form:

http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/alaska-yukon-expedition-three-ways-the-expedition-changed-me-both-as-a-wilderness-traveler-and-human.html

Edited by jcolten on 10/01/2010 20:35:03 MDT.