Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Fin Del Mundo Marathon – Race Day
March 6, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
2nd Race Day, Fin Del Mundo Marathon, Ushuaia, Argentina: Sunday March 6th – After getting up very early, the first thing I did was look out the window. I could not really tell about the weather, but I could see stars and thought that was a good thing. Went down to breakfast at 0630 before [...]
Back through the Drake Passage
March 3, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Well, we are on the downhill journey now through the Drake. A couple of days of really relaxing, going to lectures, settling up our bills, starting to pack and getting ready to a return to society. Of course, many of us still have one more marathon to do, but it will take a while to [...]
Getting engaged at sea
March 1, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Well, yesterday was technically my last day as President of Ericsson Indonesia. From today, Mats is in charge and I no longer have signing authority. But sitting here thousands of miles away it does not really matter. But I do start to think about getting back to Jakarta and wearing shorts and tee shirt again! [...]
Penguins! and Whales!
February 28, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
We took fairly early Zodiacs down the Errera Channel to another island off the continent where we landed the craft. The channel was where we spent the night surrounded by huge mountains and icebergs. When we landed, we had the possibility to climb a very large rock and ice/snow “hill” which was covered in Gentoo [...]
The day after the Marathon
February 28, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The day after We awoke the following morning to the wake up call telling us there were humpback whales off the side of the ship. We looked out to the beautiful sight of at least four whales spouting and doing their normal dives and flips off our starboard side of the ship. How amazing was [...]
Antarctica Marathon – Afterglow and Aftermath
February 27, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The next minutes after the race were the worst. I had to hobble to where our clothes were and somehow change out of the shoes and put some more layers on before going inside one of the huts where we could get hot coffee and tea. Every effort was a stretch and not feeling my [...]
Antarctica Marathon – Race Day!
February 27, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The day started with a 6:30 wake up announcement and the first thing we all did was to look out the windows and to try to judge the weather. The seas were calm but it was a totally overcast day. Temperatures we fairly mild, just around freezing. We were supposed to have breakfast by 7:00 [...]
The Day and Night before the Race
February 26, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Friday February 26th, 2005 We awoke to an amazing sight of land all around us, with soaring peaks covered in snow against a black lava flow background. After breakfast, we all bundled up in most of the cold weather clothing we had to make the Zodiac crossing to land on the island. Temperatures were not [...]
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