They had an Australian photographer as part of the crew. Not only are there black and white actual photos but moving 'video' of their ship being crushed by the ice. Shackleton's own book is called 'South' but there are other books written since and documentaries on TV, absolutely incredible. Five of the crew 'sailed' in a 22 foot life boat from Elephant Island, a sheer rock of ice where the remaining crew lived for however long, to South Georgia, 800 miles away. There three of them hiked overland for 35 hours straight to a Norwegian Whaling Station. The interior of South Georgia was unchartered and no one had ever crossed overland before. It is all mountains and ravines, all ice and snow. Frank Worlsey, a New Zealander and Shackleton's ship captain, navigated the lifeboat that 800 miles with only a few sightings of the sun. At one point they thought they saw land in the distance but it was a 100 foot wave. One man had to be kept leaning over the bow to chip off the ice that was constantly forming and sinking the boat. He was held on by his boots and had to be pulled back in before he froze to death. They did that on a constant rotation for most of the journey. The name of their ship that was crushed was 'Endeavour', also the name of one of the books written about the adventure. Starting to feel like we have it easy now??
On Jan 30, 2019, at 10:07 AM, Darin Hatton wrote: > Good morning graham. No thanks. E specially not with the crap cold weather > gear supplied by the army in the 80s. Does sound like an interesting read > though... > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 10:02 AM Graham Rogers <[email protected]> > wrote: > Think it’s cold, try two years of it, in the Antarctic, on the ice, 800 miles > in a row boat, Ernest Shackleton and crew. Greatest story of survival I have > ever read. His whole crew of 20 something men survived and then fought in WW1 > and some of them again in WW2. > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 9:50 AM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> wrote: > I'll check it out. 8 for us today and 59 Sunday. Stay warm man. > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 8:39 AM Darin Hatton <[email protected] wrote: > Negative 4 right now. High of 4 above. They are calling for 60 on Monday now. > If you like to read up on other people’s bike builds or just bike questions > you should check out cx/gl500 forum and honda twins. ALOT of information and > a lot of good reading. I'm a member of both and I am onewelder on both. > Put another log on the fire and keep warm > Darin > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 9:12 AM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> wrote: > -5 degrees in KCMO this morning. How about you Darin? > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 4:01 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected] wrote: > Bundle up Bob it's coming. > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 5:00 PM Arthur Sheller <[email protected]> wrote: > Lol! No kidding! > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 3:58 PM Darin Hatton <[email protected] wrote: > Welcome. Sounds like you had a " no such thing as a free education " > experience. Grand cayman? Bet your not battling single degree and below > zero weather like we are in ohio, usa... good luck and please don't tell me > how the beach was today > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 4:52 PM Final Twist <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi there! > > New to group, I have a 1993 Nighthawk 750 and live in Grand Cayman. From > what I understand i'm the only one with this bike on the island (small > island). > One of the connectors was loose recently and the solenoid plug ended up > melting, so I changed the solenoid and the plug - bought the $10 solenoid > from ebay and all worked well for a few weeks. > > Then suddenly when starting the bike the starter motor wouldn't stop - tried > to kill the engine with the switch or turn ignition off but the darn thing > kept turning and turning. Took me some time to get to the battery and unplug > the terminal there... so it was too late. My starter motor was completely > melted and shot. > > I checked all wiring and the only culprit is that darn solenoid which must > have stuck on the on position, sending current to the starter. > > Luckily, a (US) seller on ebay sells bolt-on starter motors, but it cost me > $250 to get the thing. 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