World's First Cycle Trip To the South Pole Achieved

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World's First Cycle Trip To the South Pole Achieved

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 30, 2013 @05:13AM from the mountain-bikes-of-madness dept.

Zothecula writes "Shortly before Christmas, we heard about 35 year-old British adventurer Maria Leijerstam's planned attempt to ride to the South Pole on a recumbent fat-tired tricycle. On December 27th at 1am GMT, she achieved that goal, becoming the first person to ever successfully cycle from the edge of the Antarctic continent to the Pole."

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LOL ... by gstoddart · 2013-12-30 05:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Oh, great, now someone will feel the need to do it in a unicycle.

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1. Re:LOL ... by dotancohen · 2013-12-30 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually, even two wheels has not been successfully accomplished yet. Though, to be fair, zero wheels has been done.
  
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Icebound ship in Antartica rescued! by PolygamousRanchKid+ · 2013-12-30 05:22 · Score: 2

. . . by a team of tricyclists . . . !

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Hey Maria, by Anonymous Coward · 2013-12-30 05:27 · Score: 2, Funny

On your way back through can you stop off and rescue those idiots in the boat that got themselves entombed in the ice? kthx
1. Re:Hey Maria, by gl4ss · 2013-12-30 05:33 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  its a trip TO the pole.
  in other words, there's a lift out of there.
  
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2. Re:Hey Maria, by OglinTatas · 2013-12-30 06:22 · Score: 2
  
  There is a research station at the south pole.
  She can probably crash there for a few days
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station
  My questions are:
  She had a cargo rack and panniers on her trike, was that enough to carry all she needed? Did she drag a sled like many solo explorers? Was this a solo? Were there supply drops on the way? It just seems insane to attempt such a high-energy feat in such a harsh climate with the limited gear apparent in the photographs.
  Congratulations, regardless of the logistics involved.
  
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3. Re:Hey Maria, by spike+hay · 2013-12-30 06:32 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  There's daily flights to the pole from McMurdo...
  It's only in the winter you can't fly.
  
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Sounds to me like she just wanted a popcycle. by Tacos4Sanchez · 2013-12-30 05:37 · Score: 2

*rolls eyes at self* Pretty good chance I am going to have to award all of /. with PUNitive damages for that one.
Epic South Pole by SecretSquirrel33 · 2013-12-30 05:40 · Score: 4, Informative

In other news, Daniel Burton, a former Word Perfect and Novell software engineer, is currently attempting the first bike ride (two wheels) to the South Pole. You can follow Daniel with live blog updates at http://epicsouthpole.blogspot.com/ Daniel has quite a story switching from programmer to cycling enthusiast http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25470585
Re:The point is ... by Joce640k · 2013-12-30 06:37 · Score: 2

You don't know who "Amundsen" was, do you?

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