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On his way back from Antarctica paradise! |
15/11/09 |
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Xavier De Le Rue...on his way back from Antarctica paradise!
The boat is rolling through the Drake Passage.... We just left yesterday and all I can say about that trip is that this place is like something never seen before. We've had it amazingly good, we've had at least a little bit of sun everyday and most of all discovered this surprisingly powerful place.
The variety of the terrain, the snow quality and the challenges we've been going for have made this trip really special. It's been once again a pleasure to have Jeremy as a partner as we really enjoyed sharing our skills in these intense moments.
I won't say more for the moment but these pics will give you a rough idea of our trip.
Cheers
xv
Pic 1: a new playground everyday
Pic 2: Steep
Pic 3: another first descent
Pic 4: nice couloir
Pic 5: no stairway to heaven
Pic 6: 3, 2, 1…droppin’
Pic 7: paradise
Pic 8: Face
Pic 9: peaceful sea lions
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Drake passage…check! |
11/11/09 |
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Xavier De Le Rue in Antarctica (update 1) : Drake passage…check!
"It's been two days since we've left Ushuaia. We still haven't reach the peninsula and I've spent most of my time lying in bed to avoid the sea sickness. I've puked a bunch of times.... but the sea seems to be getting better as we are approaching South Georgia Island. It’s quite unreal the atmosphere there is, crossing the famous Drake passage, (worse crossing in the world) surrounded by these massive waves. We've seen a few whales already, the crew is really excited despite the long journey... Can't wait to see what's on the other side...!"
Xavier De Le Rue
Pic 1: riding day 1
Pic 2: the landscape is far beyond what I could expect.
Pic 2 bis: same as pic 2
Pic 3: Huge ice walls above the see. Nothing like I've ever seen before...
Pic 4: climbing above the water in hard steep snow isn't it what it is all about?
Pic 5 : smelly room, nice view ! |
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Here we are again "Antarctica take 2"!!!! |
08/11/09 |
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As you might remember we tried last year to reach and hopefully ride the wonderful untouched steeps of the Antarctica Peninsula... Unfortunately, we got on the boat in Ushuaia but stayed three days ashore for mechanical reasons until we got told that the boat could not be repaired....
We are back, and not for the least!
Jeremy Jones and myself along with the relentless film crew are ready for new up coming adventures! Two movies, mainly Lives of the Artists 2, but some of the action will end up in DEEPER as well, Jeremy’s project. We are about to board the clipper adventure for a 40 hours boat ride across the scary "Drake Passage", supposed to be the worst crossing on the planet.... After that we'll have 7 days of actual riding...
We got split boards, all the hard gear we could ever need, we are fired up... All we can hope for are friendly weather and snow conditions. Let's see if mother Antarctica is willing to let us glide on the last continent...
Fingers crossed!
Follow our ship position live with the following link.
http://vtrack.gmn-usa.com/cgi-bin/fleet_setup.pl?fleet=iaato&password=ushuaia
Unselect all ship beside CPA on the upper right hand window and you’ll see where we are at.
Xavier De Le Rue
Pic 1 : arriving in ushuaia.... nice peaks arrouns, quite inspiring
Pic 2 : at the top of a really cool couloir overlooking ushuaia city and the beagle canal...
Pic 3 : ushuaia city on a grey day...
Pic 4 : the crew with our 600 kg of equipment
Pic 5 : That's Tero, the photographer...my mum told me I should watch out who I'm hanging out with... she was right!
Pic 6 : jeremy and I at the top of the couloir in ushuaia... good to get the legs going, the gear all fixed and dialed up... we are fired up!
pic 7 :what is better when you get down the plane than a good fishing party? Arsk showing me there the famous finish style...
other pics : Jeremy and landscape |
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