This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica

Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by hugh3 on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:09PM (#1967272)

Interesting details missing: how does one run a marathon in Antarctica anyway? Firstly, how do you get down there? And secondly, where do you find a good place to run (ie somewhere where you won't slip on ice or fall into a crevasse?)

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:14PM (#1967290)

1) Set up a plane to Puntas Arenas, Chile. 2) Coordinate with group of other crazy people to fly to Antarctica 3) Bring LOTS of warm clothing. 4) To run, be very careful. Mostly shuffling. 5) Find big ice sheets to run on

- Travis (the guy running the marathons)

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by Semiapies on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:17PM (#1967300)

Have a safe trip and a safe race. :)

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:40PM (#1967357)

Thanks!

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by noisebleed on Friday December 03, 2010 @07:25PM (#1967970)

Wow, I'm extremely curious how that will pan out. Going to Antarctica has been a lifelong dream of mine, and I always thought it was relatively difficult to do, but I suppose there aren't border guards.

Incidentally, I'm from North Dakota so I know we're supposed to be mortal enemies, but I do wish you the best of luck.

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Saturday December 04, 2010 @12:27AM (#1968590)

No border guards as far as I know... And I should double check as I'm supposed to claim some land for a couple groups of people.

North Dakota, eh? Yeah, I got over the mortal enemies thing when I realized how few of us are in Silicon Valley.

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by alexophile on Friday December 03, 2010 @05:32PM (#1967707)

Question: I want to donate and give the do-something-in-antarctica option as a gift (preferably anonymously), is there any way to make that happen?

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Saturday December 04, 2010 @12:27AM (#1968592)

Yep. Just tell me who you want it to, what you want me to do, and that you want it to be anonymous and I'll do it!

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by borism on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:35PM (#1967347)

don't all ice sheets have crevices? I thought they run on permafrost in Antarctica...

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:40PM (#1967356)

Good question. I'll keep an eye out... :)

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by markbnine on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:43PM (#1967366)

They just had a turkey trot (5k) in Antarctica...

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/Summer%20on%20the%20Ice/posts/...

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Friday December 03, 2010 @03:56PM (#1967412)

That's what I have to look forward to! It's going to be Awesome!!

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by js2 on Friday December 03, 2010 @04:48PM (#1967559)

One way to do it:

http://www.marathontours.com/index.cfm/page/Event-Informatio...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica_Marathon

Though that's not on the continent itself. There was previously the South Pole marathon:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/siadventure/14/sou...

http://www.angelfire.com/wy2/marathon/SouthPoleMarathon.html

http://www.marathonandbeyond.com/tocvol6.htm (scroll down to South Pole Marathon).

(Aside, for anyone interested in running, I highly recommend a subscription to Marathon & Beyond.)

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by hugh3 on Friday December 03, 2010 @04:58PM (#1967594)

That's great. Running a marathon (I've already done a half) and visiting Antarctica (I've already done all but one of the other continents) are both on my to do list. I probably shouldn't tick them both off in one go, though.

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Re:This Kid Will Do Whatever You Want in Antartica by kieftrav on Friday December 03, 2010 @05:11PM (#1967636)

Awesome! If you wanted to tick them both off in one go, I totally think you could do it... ;)

Here's the company organizing my marathon: http://www.icemarathon.com/

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