Potus ???

[Steven P]

Winter there is serious stuff!! Never been in the arctic night, but could do the midnight sun any time (a few really good trips to Tromso, kind of fell in love with the eternal day, never been for the polar night though (family hit the finances before I could), would need a real strong mind I think).

[roboted]

One snag Peds......

Boat=Money Pit.

Expedition Boat=Millionaires Realm.

Don't want to pee on your dream, it's something  I'd have liked to have done.

[Conor Wright]

1 hour ago, peds said:

 

A pipe dream of mine, one day in the future, if the future allows, is to get a winterised boat, probably steel hull, with a wood stove and loads of insulation, and sail north to Iceland, eastern Greenland, and the tiny little speck a few hundred km north-east of Iceland, Jan Mayen Island, and do some ski touring right off the deck of the boat. 

 

It's got a volcano, a scientific research station, and naff all else. Heaven. 

 

 

A man can dream. 

Dreams aside, given your rescue and climbing skills you could hitch a free ride on oosterschelde, the Dutch tall ship. She's due to go north again after she's finished her Darwin trip. Seriously cool guys and a magnificent vessel.

always on the lookout for competent, chilled out crew. They have the best contacts too!

Alternatively there's safehaven marine in Cork, frank has been known to take the odd guest up that way on trials, probably not your type of vessel though! They hold the Iceland to Ireland by sea record.

[waterbuoy]

15 minutes ago, roboted said:

One snag Peds......

Boat=Money Pit.

Expedition Boat=Millionaires Realm.

Don't want to pee on your dream, it's something  I'd have liked to have done.

Far from it - you can pick up a well found steel boat around 36-40' for under £50k, do the trip and then sell it on your return.  Overwintering really does dictate either steel or aluminium - and VERY large fuel tanks.

[peds]

8 minutes ago, Conor Wright said:

Dreams aside, given your rescue and climbing skills you could hitch a free ride on oosterschelde, the Dutch tall ship. She's due to go north again after she's finished her Darwin trip. Seriously cool guys and a magnificent vessel.

Ooh. Now that's an idea! 

Oh wow, now that's a pretty ship...

 

[peds]

19 minutes ago, roboted said:

One snag Peds......

Boat=Money Pit.

Expedition Boat=Millionaires Realm.

Don't want to pee on your dream, it's something  I'd have liked to have done.

 

When I find the right boat, I'll give you a shout!

[waterbuoy]

Alternatively, if you do have the appropriate skills then BAS (British Antarctic Survey) often look for guides to accompany the research teams down south

[peds]

36 minutes ago, waterbuoy said:

Alternatively, if you do have the appropriate skills then BAS (British Antarctic Survey) often look for guides to accompany the research teams down south

 

Not me, unfortunately, I never went down the route to getting any guide qualifications. There was a oft-told joke back in Chamonix, "What's the difference between a mountain guide and a large pepperoni pizza?"

 

The pizza can feed a family of four...

 

I can hold my own on pretty much any given mountain, and I've definitely never caused the death or disappearance of any of the people I've brought into the mountains, but I wouldn't legally be allowed to say "Follow me!" to a group of paying customers out there.

 

Tempted to get an International Mountain Leader cert one day, that would open a few doors. Mightn't be enough for the BAS, though. 

[daveatdave]

its warmer down there than here today 

[Johnsond]

3 hours ago, peds said:

 

Not me, unfortunately, I never went down the route to getting any guide qualifications. There was a oft-told joke back in Chamonix, "What's the difference between a mountain guide and a large pepperoni pizza?"

 

The pizza can feed a family of four...

 

I can hold my own on pretty much any given mountain, and I've definitely never caused the death or disappearance of any of the people I've brought into the mountains, but I wouldn't legally be allowed to say "Follow me!" to a group of paying customers out there.

 

Tempted to get an International Mountain Leader cert one day, that would open a few doors. Mightn't be enough for the BAS, though. 

You ever come across a Brit guy, Phil Varley out in Chamonix ?. Into his climbing big style.