I’ve gotten a couple of questions about the ski equipment down here, so I thought I’d post a couple of pictures. When I got down here it took me a while to find the ski barn, but when I found it, there was a lot of gear to choose from.
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| Inside the ski barn. |
The skis and boots are split between older back-country gear and newer entry-level gear from Fischer. Among the newer stuff are a few pairs of skate skis, but the vast majority of the skis are classic, with fish scales. Probably for the best. The first time I tried skating down here, I just about fell on my face because the snow is so sharp and grabby. So, I ended up just striding on the skate skis.
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From L to R: Karhu Pavos, Fischer BC Country Crowns,
Fischer Challengers, Swix AluTeam poles |
I ended up picking out one of each kind of ski to try out. I haven’t tried the Karhu Pavos yet, but I actually like classic skiing on the Fischer skates better that the Fischer classics, mainly because they are a little fast, and since they don’t have fish scales, they are a little quieter, plus, if I find a particularly fast patch of snow, I can throw in a little bit of skating.
On my last ski, I finally got my camera to stay warm enough to take a couple of pictures. It helped that it was only about –30F, rather than –50F.
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| At the geographic South Pole |
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| The ceremonial South Pole |
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| The South Pole, with the telescopes in the background |
Enjoying your Blog very much. q. What time zone are you in?
ReplyDeleteWe are in New Zealand Daylight Time here. I think of it as Minnesota being 5 hrs, well 6 hrs with the time change last weekend, ahead, but yesterday.
DeleteYou are in a unique position to claim a world record of some sort. Examples :
ReplyDeleteCreate the only ski race to cross all time zones (probably need at least one other person to call it a race)
Coldest ski race.
If it hits -100 measure your pace on a small loop for a few minutes and claim: "Fastest sustained speed on xc-ski's at colder than -100.
Something along those lines.
RV