 What
Musto Skiff Sailors do in the winter
With our lakes frozen and snow drifts
covering the roads, an MPS sailor needs to find other
things to keep himself occupied.
Andy Peake and his team mate, Michael
Sugden, have been taking advantage of the cold weather
to train for their April expedition to the North Pole.
A 360 nautical mile trek pulling sledges against 7 other
international teams, including the Norwegian duo who
won the recent South Pole race against James Cracknell
and Ben Fogall. Andy and Michael are doing the race
to raise awareness of climate change and are asking
people to reduce their carbon emmissions by 10 percent
in 2010.
Training has involved pulling tyres, 40
mile hikes and an arctic training week in Norway where
the team had to jump into a freezing lake and camp in
-20 degrees c. Next up is shotgun training in case of
any close encounters with polar bears (to frighten the
bear, rather than shoot!).
Andy is hoping for a light wind nationals
as he's likely to be a stone lighter on his return!
We wish the team the best of luck and for the continued
UK cold snap.
You can follow them on their website and
blog at www.team1010.org
Eds note: Take a look at the YouTube vid
on the blog of Andy taking a cold dip ... brrr ...
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