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Another Brit calls off attempt at North Pole record
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

British explorer Ben Saunders has called off his attempt to become the fastest man to reach the North Pole alone and unaided. When his ski bindings sheared off on Thursday, he realised it would be impossible. By then, he had covered 60 miles in 8 days. Saunders thinks his bindings broke because of "the unprecedented, appalling conditions of the ice" as he tried to drag his 65 kilo s ledge over mini mountains of ice rubble....He has not been put off by his experience though, and plans to walk to the South Pole and back from Berkner Island on his own later this year.

Source and more info: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080405160755199C712161&click_id=31&set_id=1

Earlier in March another British explorer, Hannah McKeand, had to call off her attempt to become the first woman to reach the North Pole alone and unaided after injuring herself.

See: http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=900688#900688
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Looking at his Flickr account (nice bike, Ben!) it looks like he uses Nordic SNS bindings

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bensaunders/show/





although in one shot he might have Dynafits.

This is how Ben deal's with heliskiers



anyway well worth taking a look


Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Tue 8-04-08 9:46; edited 5 times in total
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

Are these people really explorers? They may be exploring, for themselves, but do they contribute to the sum of human knowledge? I think 'adventurers' would be a more accurate description.
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He can't have been happy about his red nose either.
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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laundryman wrote:
Are these people really explorers? They may be exploring, for themselves, but do they contribute to the sum of human knowledge? I think 'adventurers' would be a more accurate description.


Maybe he's exploring the realm of the human condition Confused
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davidof wrote:
Looking at his Flickr account (nice bike, Ben!) it looks like he uses Nordic SNS bindings


That's clearly where he went wrong. Should've had a pair of Sally 920s on there, no chance of them breaking! True, he'd have sunk through the snow and ice with the weight of them, but hey, who says you have to get there above ground?
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