It is Saturday evening and I am just finishing packing for the trip to Australia I will be departing on tomorrow. It has been a busy day with a 3 hour run in preparation for Sahara completed with Michelle and then I had to get my mind around the cold climate packing which remains a challenge!
This is an important trip, 11 days in Australia with a small amount of business and a large amount of training. On Monday I will meet the boxers that will participate in the White Collar Boxing we are holding in Melbourne on the 5th November. This has been a long project to get off the ground so I am really pleased that we are now ready to go and I will get to see the guys and girls as they start the journey we have helped so many before them complete.
On 3rd August I will meet my two North Pole team mates at the airport at 7am. Tom and Georgie have been on business in the UK so will probably be feeling the jet lag but the plan is to set off immediately for our base in Hotham. Tues through to Saturday we will be working on our technical X country skills and learning some of the fieldcraft we will require. Tom has found some ex SAS adventure guides to get us through this part and any experience is gratfully received.
Following the X country skiing technical days we will depart on a mini expedition which will see us ski the routine we will live in the pole as well as spend the time under canvas in the sub freezing conditions. Personally I cannot wait, it will be great to get the experience, training and spend time together as a team as these opportunities will be few and far between.
I have packed all I think I will need and I also have both the Flip and Go Hero video cameras to make sure we capture the entire trip to provide content for the planned film for charity fund raising we hope will get completed. I have however got nowhere near the clothes I will require as I live in Singapore! A quick trip to the shops on Monday in Melbourne is required.
I will tweet the trip as I am not sure I will be able to get the bandwidth for full posting but when I do I will get a short trip of the video up.
