Hat's off to the guy, Mind blowing... I love treking and wandering too. But south polar in minus 35 Degrees is just killing.
Thank u Avinashji for the article, any guys on the list interested in such adventures, let me know. I have something playing in my mind. ~Cheers On 1/12/12, avinash shahi <[email protected]> wrote: > Visually impaired man treks to Pole > Published on Tuesday 10 January 2012 12:33 > > > An adventurer from Somerset has become the first visually impaired > person to trek to the South Pole. > > > Amateur explorer Alan Lock, 31, battled howling winds, snow > white-outs, temperatures as low as minus 35C (minus 31F), and a diet > consisting of dehydrated food packs and chunks of butter to complete > the nearly 600-mile trek from the coast of Antarctica to the Pole on > January 3 after 39 days. > > Mr Lock, who lost his sight to macular degeneration in just six weeks > while training as a Royal Navy officer nine years ago, dragged a sled > weighing 9st 4lb (60kg) harnessed to his waist - and all with severely > limited vision. > > A picture was released on Monday after the team made it back to their > camp following the trek, which started on November 22 last year. The > trek has raised £15,000 so far for the Sightsavers charity, which aids > blind people in the developing world, and San Francisco-based Guide > Dogs for the Blind. > > Speaking after he arrived at the South Pole, Mr Lock said: "It feels > amazing to have made it to the South Pole, what an adventure. > > "The high point is having the opportunity to make this expedition in > the first place. Reaching the Pole, having been only one of a handful > of people to have ever walked here, is a fantastic experience." > > Telecoms worker Mr Lock, from Clevedon, Somerset, undertook the Polar > Vision Trek accompanied by two sighted team-mates Andrew Jensen and > Richard Smith, whom he met while studying for an MBA in the United > States, plus guide Hannah McKean. > > But since losing his sight, he has completed 10 marathons, including > the 151-mile Marathon Des Sables in the Sahara Desert. > > He has been to a number of mountain summits including the highest > mountain in Europe, Mount Elbrus, and in 2008 Mr Lock set a Guinness > World Record when he became the first visually impaired person to row > across the Atlantic Ocean. > > The Polar Vision team underwent intensive training that included a > camp in Iqaluit, Canada, where they spent a week traversing the ice > pack near the Arctic Circle on skis, and dragging tyres attached to > their waists along beaches and parks back home to develop the muscles > needed to pull the sleds. > > Copyright (c) Press Association Ltd. 2012, All Rights Reserved. > secondary source: > http://www.stamfordmercury.co.uk/news/visually_impaired_man_treks_to_pole_1_3401631# > > > -- > "The best things and most beautiful things in the world Cannot be seen > or even touched. They must be felt within the heart." — Helen Keller > > Avinash Shahi > M.A. Political Science > CPS JNU > New Delhi India > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- “The waves breaking on the surface draw all the attention, but it is the current beneath the water that determines your direction.” Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
