Originally Posted by skidder

I thought she aborted the trip after only about 100 miles. She was pushing the bike for a significant amount of time due to the varying conditions, and the bicycle's mechanical features were having problems with the cold (lubes turning to gel and greases almost solidifying, tires routinely caking up with snow).

From the few folks I've known who have been there say when the weather gets bad its pretty horrific, even in the Southern Summer (our northern winter). When storms do rage across the area they are pretty severe and can last for days. Conditions aren't the greatest either - snowdrifts, rocks, glaciers with crevasses around the edge of the continent. One positive is the central plateau is relatively flat with a minimal number of crevasses, but it is 9000-10,000 ft in elevation and gets some nightmare windstorms blowing through the area