It's rather short notice, but if you're planning an expedition at some point and you can get to London this weekend, you ought to come to Explore at the Royal Geographical Society. It kicks off on Friday evening with a talk by Paul Rose and there are workshops and presentations all weekend.
I'm running the polar panel on Saturday afternoon, and Jamie Buchanan-Dunlop and I are giving a talk about expedition comms on Sunday morning (hopefully involving a live Skype video call via BGAN satellite phone with Ed Stafford in the Peruvian rainforest!)
{ Filed under Miscellany, Speaking on November 20th, 2008 | No Comments }
I was interested to read a PDF of advice published by the team behind the South Pole Race (a 430-nautical mile race part-way from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole scheduled to start later this year) that advocates eating every two-and-a-half hours while hauling a pulk.
I might be letting slip one of my secret weapons here, but the longest I'll go on an expedition without eating is 90 minutes. I was taking in 260 calories per hour (predominantly carbohydrate) on my North Pole speed record attempt this spring and I've never felt stronger – or travelled faster – on a polar expedition. There's some great background on this approach in Steve Born's excellent piece, Proper Caloric Intake During Endurance Exercise.
I'll post something slightly less geeky later today.
{ Filed under North Pole 2008, Other expeditions, SOUTH on November 12th, 2008 | 3 Comments }
