November 2009 - the day my life changed!

I awoke one morning to find out that i had been selected onto one of the most challenging experiences I have ever signed myself up for - crossing the Antarctic!

At first it didn't seem real but the more i thought about it and read the quicker i realised that it was actually happening. In the space of 24 hours my life change forever.

In the 2011/12 season I will be carrying out a crossing of the Antarctic continent along with 4 of my team members. I will commence the crossing at the bottom of the Axel Heiberg Glacier, used by Roald Amudsen in his successful attempt on the pole in 1911. I will follow the Axel Heiberg to the polar plateau and then from there to the South Pole. At the pole I will swap leg power for sail power and kite sail to Hercules Inlet, thereby completing a crossing of the continental landmass of Antarctica. This expedition will be taking place in the centenary year of Scott and Amundsen reaching the South Pole.

Let the training begin!