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To The South Pole By Bike

Posted by timothy on from the are-those-bugle-boy-jeans dept.

buzzdecafe writes "Doug Stroup is attempting to ride his bike to the South Pole. Follow his progress here: Iceaxe.tv or read the article about him on Wired, including a pic of the bike. He's pulling over 100 pounds of supplies on a sled behind the bike--as well as carrying his own waste. Why bike to the South Pole? Hell, why not? Riding a bike in subzero temperatures in constant danger of losing your life sure beats my job."

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  1. Man crawls to south pole... by cornice · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's this kind of thing that makes me wonder why anyone cares. I bike. I bike a lot. I just can't see why sombody would take a bike to the south pole when hiking or skiing would work so much better? It's like race walking. It's different. It's hard. It's contrived. I can dream up any number of hard, death defying contrived things to do. That doesn't mean they are worth doing. There is a reason this expedition is self funded.