The Next Challenge

Tag: Olympic South Pole Expedition

  • Uninspired

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    Ever since I started running The Next Challenge, I have been planning a South Pole expedition to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. I’ve been pretty sure for some time that it was not going to happen and now that is quite certain. The simple explanation – and the one I usually give when anyone…

  • I Didn’t Win

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    Just a quick one to let you know that I wasn’t one of the winners in the British Airways ‘Great Britons’ competition last week. I was shortlisted to win flights for my Olympics-themed South Pole expedition but evidently did not get enough votes. Part of me felt silly for scrabbling around so desperately to gather…

  • Please say nice things about me (so I can get to the South Pole)

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    Voting ends tomorrow in the competition for which I’ve been shortlisted. Hopefully you have already voted for me but, if not, I’d be very grateful if you’d take 30-seconds out of your day to do so. Only two candidates go through but the website indicates it’s not based on votes alone but rather a more…

  • Can you help me get to the South Pole? (Takes two minutes!)

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    Would you give two minutes of your time to help me get to the South Pole? I have been short-listed for a British Airways ‘Great Briton’ Award. If I get enough votes then they will provide me and my team mates with flights to South America to begin our journey to the Pole. As you…

  • Three British Olympic Athletes skiing to the South Pole

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    I ran an advert a couple of months ago looking for a British Olympian to join an expedition to the South Pole that I’m organising to coincide with the London 2012 Games. Well, I actually got quite a bit of interest from an exciting range of athletes and have finally picked one. Specifically, Derek Redmond.…

  • Olympian Wanted for South Pole Expedition

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    Owing to a recent change of circumstance, a British Olympic Athlete is sought to join an expedition to the South Pole to coincide with the London 2012 Olympics. The successful candidate will join a Paralympian and a Special Olympics Athlete in a project which aims to reinforce some key messages of London 2012 – Participation,…

  • In defence of celebrity expeditions

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    My friend recently asked me if I aspired to be like Ben Fogle and I laughed. I thought he was joking. You see, to me, despite knowing next to nothing about him, Ben Fogle represents a group of “TV first, expedition second” adventurers. They may make entertaining television shows but they are not “the real…