Officer Down - One Man Epic

[Desmo]

Hahahahaha, I think the "shit in the pan" comment may have put her off.

And for the PSB massif, his current location, just spoke to him.

Hey Jimbob, got a question for Tombob - what's next?

What's next as in what do you do to ask Tom a question? Click me!
Or, "Once you have conquered the North pole, what are your plans?"

[Daise]

What's next, as in "what will you conquer next?"

[Orson]

What's next, as in "what will you conquer next?"

10 of Flipside's best I'd say...

[Desmo]

Yeah, I owe him a burger or two.

[Orson]

Hey, as a 90kg lightweight I might have to get in on some burger action myself.

[Desmo]

Do you weigh 90 Kg?

[Orson]

I will by the time he gets back

[Desmo]

Hahahah.
Nice work slim jim.

[Mockery]

Uh-oh, got a 509 'Bandwidth Limit Exceeded' on the website just then, you aware of this Jim?
Guess Tom is just too popular...

[Desmo]

Yep, I can't even access the site to post anything.
Will inform as soon as it's up.

[Desmo]

Site is back up.

[jackmbee]

Made the west again desmo, good work.

[Bradlze]

Trek '10 times harder than Everest' | Perth Now

[Desmo]

So, too, is the howling wind, which Smitheringale has described on his blog as ``like an orchestra warming up''.

*facepalm*

[Bunyack]

Page 6 of today's west. Well done Jim and Tom!!

[Desmo]

Verbatim quote from Tom, I can't blog this as is, but thought someone might find it amusing.

Biggest disappointment is that I've been on the ice for 15 days and pretty much had the same menu at least twice with the evening meals; and yet I still haven't had spaghetti bolognaise and that's my favourite meal.
It's fucking 15 days and I haven't had it yet, how unlucky is that.

[Orson]

Tell him to think this thought whenever he's feeling down or upset about his food:

"I'm in the harshest, most remote, desolate environment imaginable. My meals are freeze dried and I have to use a camp stove to cook up what is essentially not very good food...


...but I'm still eating better than Orson right now

[Desmo]

Latest blog and pics are up guys

[davoh]

Cheers Desmo. Love Tom's comments about dinner... I can imagine me doing the exact same thing (especially if there was spag bol in there somewhere.... )

Quick qu - Tom is reporting his position in decimal degrees yeah? It's just that on the front page of the site it says he has travelled 80km, but by my calcs he's done 55km.

[Desmo]

The way I am calculating it is for that map on the front page of the site.
The controls I have are xxxx/800Kms.
So to make sure we get the map right, I am taking his current position, measuring to the North pole, and then subtracting that amount from 800.
A bit convoluted I know, but it'll ensure we get an accurate(ish) measurement.

EDIT: And that 800 was derived from the distance from McClintock to the North pole, but due to the weather Tom had to leave from Ward Hunt Is.