Originally Posted by
TenSpeedV2
Only based on my guess, I am thinking that the winter conditions in Antarctica are different than the US.
I am hoping that he has researched what the conditions would be like and made an educated decision from that. I mean, spending 17k on a bike, pretty sure he didn't just plunk that down on a hope.
I'm reasonably sure that the post above is accurate, that the difference between a continent which has been below freezing for a thousand centuries is different from North America.
The guy is an experience mountaineer and Mt. Everest is an impressive bullet point on his resume. I'll defer to his expertise and hope he makes it.
There is no 911 if something goes wrong. I've only known that feeling twice in my life. It is very unnerving.
Originally Posted by
SquidPuppet
Not me man. No way.
It is a dry cold.
-Tim-