Today's
Picture:
Devils Cave
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Today's saying:
Know what you want to d, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.
Elbert Hubbard
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EXPEDITIONS
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The Devils Cave
2001
As the first expedition ever the Devils
Cave was reached by foot and descended. Several expeditions have tried to reach the
cave, but no one has succeeded. The "Devilscave"
is located on the Sarisarinama tepui deep in the amazon jungle in
Venezuela. The expedition became a really
hard fight for us, much harder than expected, but the bottom
of the Devils cave were reached the 5th
of September 2001.
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Arctic Ocean 2000
As the first expedition ever, Rune
Gjeldnes and Torry Larsen have successfully crossed the Arctic Ocean
without any outside help. The team spent 109 days skiing the 2100 kms
across the ice from Severnaya Zemlya in Russia to Cape
Discovery in Canada. The expedition set off 15th of February
2000. After 76 days they passed the North Pole, and headed for Canada.
33 days later, the 7th of June, they finally felt steady ground beneath
their feet.
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The Prince's trust 1998
The first
British / Norwegian expedition to the North Geographical Pole.
Ward Hunt Island to the North Pole. 5th of Mars to 29th of April
(55 days). Approximately 775 km.
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North Geographical Pole Expedition 1997
Joint
British & Norwegian attempt to reach the north Pole. The
team failed to reach the North Pole, but managed to save the
life of the fellow explorer Alan Bywater, who fell trough
the ice on his expedition.
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The G2 Expedition 1996
Greenland
lengthwise. First unsupported (and so far the only) to
cross Greenland lengthwise from Cap Farewell to Cap Morris
Jessup. Total distance of 2928 km. The expedition lasted 86
days.
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Umanaq - Isertoq
expedition, 1994
Rune Gjeldnes & Torry Larsen
Distance 870 km
Time out: 31 days
Period: 27th of March - 28th of April
Weight of sledges: 80 kg
First crossing from Umanaq to Isertoq.
This was a testing/training trip for the G2 - expedition in 1996
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