Monday 4 March 2013

Kev - we wait


We woke this morning after a broken night's sleep to find the blizzard warning still in force, the storm has not blown itself out and is forecast to subside tomorrow morning.  Matt has made the decision to go tomorrow; we will get a foot hold in the bay and then head north.  It has left us with a day less for travelling, which adds to the pressure of what we are about to undertake as if things were not challenging enough.  We have our pick up on the 2 Apr so it's a case of working back from that date and covering the mileage. 

We went up to the CO-OP store in Resolute this morning to talk to the hotel manager and let him know our plans. The blizzard snow had drifted over the last couple of days, the fine grains even managing to get through a small gap in the porch way door of the store.  With the visibility extremely poor at times due to the wind and spindrift we found ourselves walking into snow drifts that we cannot see.  The gusts of wind that we encounter on the short journey back to the hotel reminded us of the wind-chill that will be brutal when we undertake the long ski marches ahead of us. 

We are going to strip out some rations this afternoon from the pulks, we will now need one day less. Tomorrow is now our focus and we know what we have to do.  But now it's a case of getting as much rest as we can and wait.

 


1 comment:

  1. Good luck guys from everyone here at GETC Cranwell stay safe and strong......cheers Tony Martin RAF PTI

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