Travel / Trekking In Antarctica
Trekking in
Antarctica
Kurranulla Probus Member, Emil Weber Celebrated his 84 th Birthday in 2019, trekking in Antarctica
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mil Weber, Member of Kurranulla Probus who has visited over 230 countries in his travels including the North Pole, has achieved many goals. So he decided to celebrate his 84th Birthday in a different way, by trekking to the South Pole. Now, you cannot just turn up in a group, and trek across a Continent larger than Australia. Fitness, special clothing and an educational understanding of the environment are a must, and of course trekking to the South Pole is not cheap, it’s very expensive. Emil who is a fitness fanatic started planning and training 12 months before heading off to keep a promise he made many years before.
After passing a fitness test, ``he set off with 11 other people from Chile in South America in a Russian plane to Antarctica, this taking around 4 odd hours, then boarded a smaller plane to a Base Camp on Union Glacier, taking another 4 odd hours, landing on skis close to the South Pole.
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