Gareth Brauteseth

Steph Husson climbing in Antarctica

So, I am finally back from a long stint on the ice.

Wow, an amazing experience of sheer vastness. If anyone asks me to describe Antarctica that would be it- VAST!!!

Everything is just impressive down there.

The Nunatak across the glacier from our camp was VAST, the high Polar Plateau was Vast, the view from the South Pole was VAST, the emperor penguins were VAST and the drinking ability of our neighbours in Queen Maud land was also vast.

It was an experience that will never be forgotten and over the next few weeks I will be bringing a few of the characters to life here on my blog.

The picture I have included above is just a quick sneak peak of our surroundings. Steph Husson climbing a pitch over a frozen lake with a 300m icefall in the background.

This was our playground!!!

Sam Beugey

If any of you watched the BANFF Film festival earlier this year there was a film about 4 French climbers who go climbing in Pakistan.

They spend 20 days on a cliff face, climbing, sleeping, washing, and cooking on the side of a mountain. Eventually they get to the top, over 6000m up. It is a great story of the coming together of some great friendships. Only good humor and a chilled out take on your surroundings get you through this.

And when they get to the top…

Sam Beaguey puts on a wing suit and jumps off the top. What takes 20 days to get up, takes 20 sec to get down. This is an awesome film of some great guys pushing the boundaries. Watch it here.

Sam is part of the White Desert team who will be taking guests on some of the wildest rides of there life. It is going to be insane!