Well were off today and will spend the next 5 or 6 days traveling to the tiny fishing village of Caleta Tortel. We will then spend a further few days sorting kit, organising our boat charter and having everything checked by the military and various other authorities. During this time we will keep you updated as and when we find the internet.
We hoping to start the expedition itself on the 23rd of August and from this point on we will send back audio podcasts, as well as written versions, daily. Although once the expedition gets under way Tarka and I will not be able to see the website itself, we will have daily contact with our expedition manager. She will pass on messages or questions from emails, message wall, or twitter, and where possible we will try and get replies back to you. Receiving messages have a far greater impact than you may imagine, they allow a very remote and harsh wilderness to feel a little less lonely during those really hard times.
Before we depart I just want to say a few thankyou¹s to those who have got us this far. We feel incredibly privileged to be sponsored by such a host of exceptional market leading brands and we thank them greatly for sharing in the vision of Rivers of Ice. Our parents have also been invaluable in their effort, time and finance towards the journey and a simple thank you doesn’t seem enough. I just hope we can be successful in our quest as a way of a return.
There is also a team of people who¹s efforts are really only just starting, but we would like to give them a huge thank you in advance. Sadie who is project managing the expedition has an epic amount of work ahead of her. And considering a few months ago she agreed to my request of whether she could just check a few emails for us, maybe 5 minutes maximum a day. I now feel incredibly indebted to her, as her work load has escalated to website updating, logistics, press, weather forecasting, etc etc and for free.she¹s amazing, a great friend thank you. The rest of the team Sarah, Hannah and Caroline are equally, carrying out sterling work on our behalf¹s, and I would like them to know that their efforts are greatly appreciated and we couldn¹t do this without them.
