BRANDO YELAVICH EXPLORER

It was a very warm morning, I woke up sweating in my sleeping bag, thats a first! The sun was blasting the tent, it was actually very nice to be warm for once in the morning. Breakfast was 300g of oats with four dates. The team was up at 7am and packed up and away by 9am. Bridget and Hollie have quite bad colds so it won't be long until we are all sniffing... I had the first navigation leg today, it’s great to have soming different to look at other than my feet. My bearing t

Last night was a shit night! I vomited six times. I think it was the salami I added to my dinner, half heated meat never gos down well. But I still seem to try to eat meat every time i travel. Each time I got inside the tent from being sick I was so cold. I had to bring the stove inside and start it up to warm the tent as fast as I could. I didn’t sleep too well after that. This morning I woke with hunger pains and sore muscles from having no food in my body. I managed to kee

I woke up today feeling hungrier that usual, I decided to jazz up my porridge with dates, baby formula and butter, wasn't too bad! The camp spot last night was at the edge of the ice fall. Today we have been walking on smooth ice, uphill. I can't wait until we reach the half way point and start heading down. But, that is still a long way away so I won't go there in my head yet. We had our skis on by 9am , I was running late because I was frantically trying to set up my Goal Z

Bad dreams on the ice are not cool! I dreamt I was falling down a huge crevasse, gaining speed and plunging into darkness. I woke before my imminent death and felt very very glad it was just a stupid dream. It put me out a bit so today I was much more careful. What do you know, today we came across heaps of crevasses. Keith and I got ready for another day of walking, we had porridge for breakfast in the tent. We then pulled down the tent and packed it into my sled. We set off

I am in Greenland! This morning Keith and I woke up at 0530 and went for a walk on the snow. Our body clocks are pretty out of whack after all the travel and the time difference. I was semi tempted to find an icy pool to plunge into, but didn't come across one. I settled for a hot shower instead. Standing in the shower I tried to get my head around what lay ahead of me, but it was too overwhelming. I miss my partner so much, when i get like this in my head she can bring me ba

Incase you weren't aware, I'm currently on my way to Greenland! Thanks to the Antarctic Heritage Trust, myself and three others are attempting to cross the second largest polar ice cap in the world, in honour of Fridtjof Nansen, the fist person ever to complete this mission. We have been given a huge amount of gear from Kathmandu for our Greenland crossing. We will be wearing the new XT range and putting it through its paces. It is such a surreal feeling, packing thousands of

Checks followed by rechecks, panicked last minute trips to the shops and the odd flutter in the tummy. Just a few of the things happening on my last day before the adventure begins. It is a strange state to be in, so close to the start that you just want it to begin already, but feeling apprehensive and wanting just a little more time to prepare. There is no room for self doubt. A little part of my mind creeps into the place where i keep my 'what ifs'. What if i don't fit in

Fridtjof Nansen was an extraordinary person. After being accepted onto this expedition to Greenland, I decided I had better learn a bit about the man whose footsteps (well, ski tracks) we hope to follow in. His achievements are endless and woke me up to the impact one person can have on so many others. He was a humanitarian, a scientist, a polar explorer, a professor and he liked dogs. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize for his humanitarian work which included his initiativ

Im counting down the days until I set off for greenland! find out more here and track the expedition. During my walk around New Zealand I learnt things about myself that I didn't even know were possible. I learnt about corners of my mind that I would have preferred to have stayed hidden. What did I expect, walking around endless coast line, alone, with days stretching ahead of me as far as I could think. The monotonous thud of my boots in the sand, not knowing when I would s