Are you sure it was a typo, wasn't it one of Shackleton's descendants who gave it a go?
Cheers, Stefan -----Original Message----- From: Fofo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 1:02 PM To: texascavers Subject: [Texascavers] Teenager, 17, hopes to outdo Shackleton and walk to south pole Howdy! There's an interesting article in The Guardian. Not related to caves, though, but about an expedition to the South Pole: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/11/katie-walter-south-pole-shackle ton One interesting bit of information is that Shackleton gave it another try earlier this year: "Shackleton and two others got to within 112 miles of the south pole in January 2009 before abandoning their attempt with food supplies running short." Wow, you'd think that they would have been better prepared this time! - Fofo (PS: I realize that the Shackleton 2009 thing a typo) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
