Drive to the south pole?

Unknown_Sniper · **Drive to the south pole? -** 01-24-2006, 12:20 AM

These guys did. Took them 3 days from the coast to the south pole(700+ miles).
http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=51252
I dont know how many of you have gone off roading on deep snow with wide tires, I have, And Ill tell you its something else compared to normal winter driving.

Judas · 01-24-2006, 07:07 AM

lol @ that van :O

Nyck · 01-24-2006, 07:13 AM

WTF is the south pole even connected to anything to "drive" to it. I doubt it, Ive never seen anything before.

Unknown_Sniper · 01-24-2006, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyck

WTF is the south pole even connected to anything to "drive" to it. I doubt it, Ive never seen anything before.

oOo: They take a ship to the edge of teh glaciers then drive in. noone has done it before these guys.

Nyck · 01-24-2006, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Nyck

WTF is the south pole even connected to anything to "drive" to it. I doubt it, Ive never seen anything before.

oOo: They take a ship to the edge of teh glaciers then drive in. noone has done it before these guys.[/quote:3491c]

makes more sense. I'm like wtf? I didnt read through the forum

Madmartagen · 01-24-2006, 12:00 PM

retards could have flown instead. waste of time.

Unknown_Sniper · 01-24-2006, 02:52 PM

this is like the first flight around the world in a hot air balloon, or the first person to swim the english channel. You guys just dont get it annoy:

Madmartagen · 01-24-2006, 03:51 PM

i get it, i just dont find it as appreciating or special as the the other feats you mentioned. it must have been fun though.

Unknown_Sniper · 01-24-2006, 05:21 PM

ok how about this.
Drive 700 miles in 3 days(non stop comes out to be about 10mph) over terrain so harsh it will kill you in under and hour if you are not dressed properly. If you are dressed properly it will probably take 24 hours to kill you. There is NO help following them. If they had got stuck and unable to get out of the predicament they would have been fucked. In 700 miles they went from 0ft elevation(sea level) to 9,306 feet(the height of the station at the south pole).
Look in the back ground behind the van. How far and what do you see? Ill answer for you, you see nothing, and you see it as far as maybe a mile. They were driving by gps the entire way(cant follow a compass becuase there are mountains), and the driver had to be on the lookout for any crags or obstructions.
[img]http://www.rockstomper.com/images/chad/icelanders/P1010004.jpg[/img]
Then there is the airing down of their tires. If youve ever driven in deep snow you might know that the lower your tire air pressure is the better floatation you have on the snow. They had to constantly get out and air down, or air up depending on the snow. This did get them stuck several times.
If anyone wants to tell me this is not a monumental achievement then I will have lost even more respect for their oppinions.

Madmartagen · 01-24-2006, 05:31 PM

well it isnt exactly a milestone. they drove there when everyone else will fly there. if they had opened up some new route that everyone else will follow then yeah, i would think that was a terrific and fantastic new expedition. i think its cool that they drove and im sure they had a blast - im just not all excited about it.

Stammer · 01-24-2006, 05:45 PM

It's a waste of time, supplies and gas. Now if they were going to traverse mars...then it might be a milestone.

Vlad_Drak · 01-24-2006, 05:49 PM

Even if they got stuck they would call in air or some thing im sure .