- A world first cycle expedition from Wolf’s Fang Camp (1130m elevation) to Whichaway Camp (100m elevation), a journey of 201km over five days.
- The expedition was not only the best preparation for Breaking the Cycle South Pole, but it was also a credible project in its own right. The challenge was on the edge of what I can do. Due to the existence of several crevasse fields, I cycled with the protection of a support vehicle, tethered to it through the danger zone.
- No one has ever done this journey by bike before and it completes my project of doing one preparatory expedition for my Antarctic crossing on each continent.
- The sustainable Antarctic luxury travel company, White Desert worked with me. Expeditions such as mine are not its core business, but they agreed to support the venture and were responsible for logistics, health and safety.
- White Desert is a carbon neutral company and I have ensured my expedition has no carbon cost to the environment.
- I have not done a serious polar expedition since 2017 so BTC Antarctica was an important opportunity to fine tune BTC South Pole logistics, test equipment and prepare mentally and physically. Even with my custom-made Christini all-wheel-drive fat bike, it was a fine line as to whether I cycled or pushed. In the end, I walked the bike for about 10 km over dangerously slippery ice and across a crevasse field (wearing crampons) and a combination of extra soft snow and poor contrast (visibility) caused me to push a total of 10km. The rest of the journey was pedalled.
- I filmed three rides for the virtual cycling app, FulGaz that will be used as part of the fundraising effort during the BTC South Pole expedition. (100K audience; 60K highly engaged members globally)
- Zero Six Zero tracked the ride and produced the interactive map below.
