Well we finally did it. Laani has posted some photos and a run down on the move in the section: 2010, all aboard for life on board. Thats about the whole of it although I might disagree with her genius line. I remember a great line from a wise old(er) GA (General Assistant, read: mountaineer type layabout) when I wasdown South in Rothera. Well this guy was getting grief from the younger GA's about the amount of stuff he was preparing to take out on the sledge for a winter trip. The younger guys were serious mountain junkies, minimum stuff, travell fast, Old Man Routledge was packing everything except the kitchen sink. In one quick line he shot them all down and I've never forgotten that sage advice. "Any fuckin idiot can be uncomfortable". Hence the work and more work and yet more work. I'm not going to pretend its been easy, in fact some of it has been awful and the notion of jacking it all in and buying plane tickets has crossed our minds. Nothing goes to windward like a 747 but hey I'd like to see a 747 anchored in some tropical island. So onwards with the preparation. As Laani said, there is a good reason we moved on so early, if we had moved on a few weeks before sailing off into the sunset it would have been a nightmare and the dream may have remained just that. Hopefully this way we can spend the next 6 months preparing so that when we do go we can be comfy as could be. So just refrain from asking how its going, maybe we'll be ready to give you an answer in November!
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