If we dont knock off the ice we will get rained on when we start coffee and melting ice for the day ahead, says Ray Zahab. The men use the melted ice for their drinking water. After breakfast the trio starts out with a 2 hour march, then peaks with a pair of 2.5 hour marches before winding down to 1.5 and 1 hour marches, all with 15 minute Replica Chopard watches breaks in between.At the end of the day, Zahab sets up the beds in the tents while Weber cooks the food and Kevin Vallely sets up the communications equipment so they can contact the outside world. After their calls, they have a quick dinner of pemmican and pasta and then head off to sleep.
Since Thursday, the group has averaged 19.5 nautical miles (22.4 statute miles), topping out at 20.6 nautical miles on Sunday, the 17th day of the trip.Songs of the Day:Kevin: Space Oddity (Major Tom) by David BowieRichard and Ray: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon LightfootOutside Online is tracking the progress of Replica Franck Muller watches adventurers Ray Zahab,Richard Weber, and Kevin Vallely as they try and break the record forthe quickest unsupported, unassisted expedition to the South Pole. Check back for daily updates and click on Polar Adventure to see all the posts.
Sad news out of Rwanda this week, as the folks at Tom Ritcheys Project Rwanda, which Jason Gay profiled in our pages last September, have alerted us to the tragic death of young cyclist Godfrey Gahemba.Gahemba was struck by a vehicle during a cycling race in Rwamagana,Rwanda, on December 14. He was 17 years old. Gahemba had been the surprising third-place finisher of this years Tour de Rwanda, and had ridden for Rwanda in the 2008 Replica Zenith watches Junior World Championships in South Africa.Gahemba was orphaned during the 1994 genocide, and raised by fellow Team Rwanda cyclist Adrien Niyonshuti. Our condolences to the team. Project Rwanda asks that messages to Adrien or the team be sent to Sarah Pedersen. Donations to Project Rwanda can be made here.--Matthew Fishbane
