BRANDO YELAVICH EXPLORER

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 woke up at 0730 busting to pee. This isn't the best scenario to be in, you cant just nip outside to pee because you will get frostbite where you should NEVER get frost bite. You really don't want to pee on yourself because drying out clothes here will take a long time, plus, you will be smelly. So i’m rushing around trying to get my gear on and trying not to pee in said gear. Just one of the many things I hadn't thought about. Keith and I are tent buddies at the moment whi

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

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