Day 25 Sunday30.11.2008 Position: S 74° 59.97' W 008° 42.5' Distance: 3km Elevation: 2560m Even though on the outside there is not much movement happening - the wind lasted for 3 hard earned km - we do experience much movement on the inside right Now. Today we looked at the following scenario: We do not get enough kiting days in within the next 14 days and do not ach our depot. We would have to call for an emergency air lift and return home without having reached the South Pole. How would we feel? As losers, not capable of reaching goals? How would we meet all the people who have supported us and folloed our journey via our website? Would we want to isolate ourselves or hide, feeling unloveable and judged as failure? Sweeping under the rug and denying all the deep, rich and invaluable things we learned and experienced so far on this journey? Throughout all these contemplations we realized that through attaining our goals, we actually justify our existence. We reach our goal, return home overjoyed and happy. We don't reach our goal, we feel like failures and it is best not to speak about it. That's why it is actually stressful not making any progress. To be stuck here. And yet the same principle applies to our daily lives as well. We define our worthiness and happiness through our doing. Do we reach our goals, we feel good and accomplished - if we don't, our self image collapses and we are hesitant or afraid to start new things. It's really crazy as it is us setting our goals and judge ourselves accordingly. What then is left if we don't use our achievements anymore as basis for who we are? If our goals are surrendered as selfidentification and we return home without having ached the South Pole? We realize that while the outer movement is linear, the inner movement is cyclical - and if we do come up with any meaningful answers, we will share them in our iceblog. And if anyone out there knows how to successfully communicate with the wind, we could use easterly, westerly or northerly winds, 10 to 25 km/h. Thanks... :) 30 Nov, 08 - 19:56 | Dispatch library Aloha Antarctica – Never again? That was a close shave! Back in Germany Saturday, 06.12.2008 - 20:35 Capetown 3 Dec, 08 - 12:20 Day 26 1 Dec, 08 - 15:37 Day 25 30 Nov, 08 - 19:56 Day 24 29 Nov, 08 - 20:48 Day 23 28 Nov, 08 - 20:39 Day 22 27 Nov, 08 - 20:21 Day 21 26 Nov, 08 - 19:23 Press 4 ende Day 20 25 Nov, 08 - 20:41 Tag 20 25 Nov, 08 - 20:01 Day 19 24 Nov, 08 - 19:29 Day 18 23 Nov, 08 - 19:22 Day 17 22 Nov, 08 - 20:18 Day 16 21 Nov, 08 - 20:36 Day 15 20 Nov, 08 - 20:25 Day 14 19 Nov, 08 - 20:27 Day 13 31 Dec, 08 - 20:37 Day 12 17 Nov, 09 - 20:29 Day 11 16 Nov, 08 - 20:36 Day 10 15 Nov, 08 - 20:16 Day 9 14 Nov, 08 - 20:02 Day 8 13 Nov, 08 - 19:59 Day 7 12 Nov, 08 - 18:50 Day 6 11 Nov, 08 - 19:37 Day 5 10 Nov, 08 - 19:29 Day 4 9 Nov, 08 - 18:39 Day 3 8 Nov, 08 - 20:51 Day 2 7 Nov, 08 - 19:13 We are on our way! 6 Nov, 08 - 22:27 Novo - day 4 4 Nov, 08 - 18:25 Novo Station 3 Nov, 08 - 17:50 Novo Station 2 Nov, 08 - 13:47 Icebog from 31.10.2008 31.10.2008 Last arrangements in Cape Town 30.10.2008 |
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