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First Week in Antarctica

Richard — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:09:51 +0000

After a day spent just offshore from the Falklands taking on fuel for the whole month's journey we endured the rite of passage now known as the Drake Shake (the Drake Pasage). It's notorious as one of the roughest crossings on the planet, and on our crossing, gave us Force 9 gales and 6m waves. Sadly, this blew us far enough west off-course to miss the South Shetland Isles. But we discovered a new use for lifejackets - as head padding against the bunk headwall when the ship rolls more than 30deg! [...]

Oread Mountaineering Club 60th Annual Dinner – testing out the 5DMk2′s high ISO capabilities!

PeakImages — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:07:19 +0000

Oread Mountaineering Club 60th Annual Dinner - testing the low light/high ISO capabilities of the 5DMk2 to its max

My local climbing club, the Oread, celebrated it’s 60th Annual Dinner last night. I very nearly didn’t go, despite the fact that it’s quite a historic occasion, as I simply have too much [...]