Snow troubles? WIMPS!

[Platypus]

I gave up and went to the pub instead.

Ah... the life strategy that's guided me for many years now

[Old Hack]

On the plus side, if the human race ever goes extinct and is succeeded by advanced robots like in that film I Robot, or if aliens drop by, then there will be a perfectly preserved human specimen for them to discover, embedded in the Antarctic ice (although they may be a bit puzzled by the lack of fingers).

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to OwlHoot again.

[OwlHoot]

There's a fine line between "Because it's there" and "Because I'm an idiot"

On the plus side, if the human race ever goes extinct and is succeeded by advanced robots like in that film I Robot, or if aliens drop by, then there will be a perfectly preserved human specimen for them to discover, embedded in the Antarctic ice (although they may be a bit puzzled by the lack of fingers).

[Mich the Tester]

Are we meant to believe you? Where is it you live? Ah, Holland. Not exactly famous for its hills :-)

We have a thing nearby called a 'berg', which is a slightly ambitious name as it's 70 metres high.

[RasputinDude]

His autobiography is very good read - he's quite honest about why he does these things - it's how he makes his money; he raises his profile in doing an expedition and then lives off the earnings of after-dinner speaking for a while.

Personally, I think he's an inspiring character.

[darmstadt]

I rode up a hill yesterday in wind and snow. Well I didn't because the rear wheel kept slipping, so I picked up the bike, slung it over my shoulders and soldiered on to reach the top through a total white out, then stepped back on and blasted downhill, regardless of the ice, actually I didn't; I gave up and went to the pub instead.

Are we meant to believe you? Where is it you live? Ah, Holland. Not exactly famous for its hills :-)

[d000hg]

>> trek on foot across the Antarctic in wintertime.
>> Temperatures are expected to reach no more than about -70C.

Why not try walking across Mars or something?! Madness.

[BrilloPad]

There's a fine line between "Because it's there" and "Because I'm an idiot"

I remember my ex-father-out-law saying that Colonel H Jones was an idiot. As he fought in the 8th army I suppose he had the right to say it. But maybe he had a point.

[Old Hack]

I remember reading about him taking the tops of his frostbitten fingers off with a black and decker in his shed. I think that's rather odd behaviour, so him doing this, well, like those extreme sportsmen and women, you just know you're going to be reading about them towards the end of the paper within a few years.

[Mich the Tester]

I did cycle to work while it was -2 today. Does that count?

No. Ran Fiennes is 68 and it'll be -92 in Antarctica.

I rode up a hill yesterday in wind and snow. Well I didn't because the rear wheel kept slipping, so I picked up the bike, slung it over my shoulders and soldiered on to reach the top through a total white out, then stepped back on and blasted downhill, regardless of the ice, actually I didn't; I gave up and went to the pub instead.

[NickFitz]

There's a fine line between "Because it's there" and "Because I'm an idiot"

[BrilloPad]

I did cycle to work while it was -2 today. Does that count?

[Mich the Tester]

Fears of Sir Ranulph Fiennes ahead of lung-bursting 'impossible' journey across Antarctica - Telegraph