Day 30, Dec 11th 07
The blizzard continues, as we weather it out today.
We had a restless night here at camp Brook Evans. The blizzard continued throughout the night while the katabatic win gave our tent a fair good rattling which kept us awake most of the night. We were surprised in the morning when we left the tent to find it had snowed heavily. An unusual occurrence here in the Antarctic desert. This will make it very difficult for us pulling our sleds and increase the drag weight for pulling. An energy sapping work load.
Tocay however we won’t worry about that as we are on a rest day and our main job today is re-packing our sleds with our recent cache of food, to cook and to eat as much as possible. We are all loosing weight rapidly and need to down lots of carbs and fatty foods.
Its not a nice day and we are happy to be trapped in our tent as we listen to the howling wind outside.
Clare cooked a great lunch today.. We had fried salami with cheese and pinenuts steeped in butter as well as pancakes , Very tasty, but heavy on the stomach.
We had a surprise in our food catch, the staff at ALE put in some biscuits and chocolate. We felt like children at Christmas and devoured the lot today. So a big thank you to all the staff at base pariot Hills.
The day is passing slowly, but our bodies are getting a well deserved break from the constant pressure of pulling sleds heavier then our body weight. The forecast for the next few days doesn’t look good and will reassess our situation later in the evening. Talk to you all tomorrow, keep following our progress as we now tackle the final half of our journey to the South Pole. From camp Evans, over and out.
