Happy new year from the ice. Camp Moriarty

31 December Happy new year from the ice.

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Camp; Con Morairty.


We are now within 188 km of the South Pole and have hit 2 milestones in the last 2 days.

Yesterday We have crossed 88 degrees and today we have come below 200 km to the Pole.

Tomorrow is also a special day as we move beyond 98 n/miles to the pole and it was within striking distance of the Pole, Shackleton turned.

For me this has been a dream of mine for years to go beyond Shackletons furthest south. Tomorrow we honour our hero and we will be naming of camp Shackleton.

The last 2 days have been hard going with sastrugi and soft snow conditions. Shaun has some bad trouble with his feet and is suffering badly at the moment.

The temperature has been very cold – 27 and -25 degrees c.

Oh how I would love to be at home in the Mountain Lodge and sitting by a roaring fire or having a few pints in Kate Karneys Cottage my local. My thoughts of sleeping in a bed, having a hot shower, seeing my friends and family, now fill my thoughts as we make our final run into the pole.

Tomorrow we will be hopefully within 8 days of our target. Still a long way to go and we are so aware that so many things can go wrong yet.

So for now I must get some rest. We are under severe pressure with time in the evening once we reach camp, but I will a[ try and keep you posted on the web of the final days of our experience. Must get some sleep.

happy new year from Camp, Con Moriarty. From all the team.

Camp Con Moriarty; we have been friends now for over 20 years and I have always been blown away by Con’s passion for Mountains, history and Nature. It is while climbing with Con that I developed my passion for adventure. He introduced me to a way of live that has taken me to every part of the world. The highest, coldest, most remote regions of our planet. To my friend and mentor, thank you Con.