Thanks work-mates!

Silky Smooth!

The last shave until June! 2 weeks to go and time to grow that beard! Its on!

Schlossberg School Visit

Today Mustard paid a visit to the Schlossberg Schule in Spiez to help several classes and give advice about their projects which they have to undertake as part of there curriculum. Every individual in the class must plan and execute their projects which could last up to several days. Using a presentation, Mustard gave examples of his experience in the Alps, Iceland, Russia and finally Greenland. Mustard talked about how the plan to cross Greenland in 2007 came to be and the planning and preperation that was involved for the expedition upcoming North Star 2010 expedition.  A generous donation of 400 Sfr.- was made from the school for Ali’s foundation and the expedition.

Rab expedition gear has arrived.

We are very pleased and excited to be using this top Arctic-spec gear. It all is extremely well designed and ultra-functional. We look forward to testing it thoroughly and giving feedback. Many thanks Rab!

Get Fit - Get Fat

The great thing about polar travel is the fact that you get to eat loads more food on the run up to your expedition. Because of the cold climate and continuous excercise we will inevitably lose weight, so we need to make sure we are overweight before our departure. This sounds easy of course but we are also training nearly everyday now to make sure we are in shape, so the  portions of food are getting pretty big! The ultimate diet programme!

NorthSTAR fund-raising race night a huge success.

The evening was very well attended and a good time was had by all. We raised a total of £966. A fantastic effort, thanks everyone!

Thanks team Proudman!

Neil, Annette, Freya and Dan have sponsored our essential thermal gaiters. These are ‘40below’ ‘purple haze’ and will keep our toes toastie whilst kiting .

Thanks also to 40below for their advice and support.

Dan, Neil and Freya in action!

Testing BC skis, boots and Rucksack

During the recent snows Fran was able to test some exped equipment in the High Peak area of Derbyshire.

The gear checked out well, especially the Osprey Variant37 rucksack: Light, comfortable and easy to use.

One reason for our trip…

if its bad for you, its good in the Arctic!

 We are now starting to finalise our food. Dinners coming from one of our supporters: The Scout Store. And our day ration packs containing some of the above goodies.

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