Today we have a briefing about
Antarctica, expedition logistics and the plans for the next few days. There are
9 people on the Vinson Climb going with ANI and couple of other groups using ANI
logistics for their climb and a few others going out for trips - skiing near
Union Glacier and some flying directly to the pole.
After that we head back to the hotels to
pack our bags for the pole - they will be picked up today and loaded into the
plane in the evening so we can move as quickly as possible in the morning.
Weight is a bit of an issue - I had 36kg on the flight over here but am only
allowed 25kg for Antarctica. A few emails and calls reveals that there is a different limit for those doing both the Mount Vinson climb and ski to the Pole but that is only 30kg so it could still be a bit of a problem. In the end it turns out that the policy isn't enforced too strictly as long as you are sensible about what you are taking which is a bit of a relief.
Having met some more of the team at the
briefing (the last two are already on Antarctica for some training) we head for a
group dinner before final packing and preparation for our 5am pickup in the
morning.
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