South Pole (World Record Attempt)

In November 2024 I will attempt to ski solo to the South Pole in a world record time. 

So how do you actually achieve this dream? I've set-up a YouTube channel which gives regular live updates of how I'm going to achieve this.  Also, below is a breakdown of everything that needs to happen and where I am up to with each one. I'm doing this to show that anyone can achieve a dream, it's simply a matter of taking the first step.

How to achieve the dream of skiing solo to the South Pole in world record time

Skills

• Cross-country skiing

• Camping in snow

• Experience of being outdoors in extreme sub-zero temperatures, skiing, walking, camping

• Navigation with GPS and compass, latitudes and longitudes

• First Aid Training

• Expedition Communications

• Polar Training

• Polar expedition experience

• Additional solo experience for soloists

• Crevasse rescue skills and experience of safe travel on glaciers

• A physical fitness training program

*The above was kindly provided by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions who is the company I am using for all the logistics of the expedition.

Money

• An expedition of this scale is not cheap, if you add up all the training, kit, and expedition the total cost will be in the region of £100K - £120K.

• I am also looking to raise £250K for my chosen charity (TBC) over the course of all the preparation and expedition.

Fitness

Logistics

World Record

Christian Eide (Norway) . 24 days, 1 hour, 13 minutes, 13th Jan 2011.

"Fastest solo, unsupported and unassisted journey to the South Pole On 13 January 2011, 35-year-old Christian Eide (Norway) completed a solo and unsupported trek to the South Pole in a record time of 24 days 1 hr 13 min. He set of on the 1,150-km (715-mile) adventure on 20 December 2010 and opted for the Hercules Inlet route, covering an average of 47 km (29 miles) per day – although on his last day, he managed to ski 90 km (56 miles). Eide smashed the previous record - Todd Carmichael's (USA) 39 days 7 hr 49 min, an impressive achievement in its own right – and has set a benchmark that many polar explorers consider near-impossible to beat. Eide runs his own Oslo-based expedition company, L’atitude. His record marks the 100th anniversary of the first trip to the South Pole - also by a Norwegian, Roald Amundsen – although back in 1911, it took Amundsen 58 days to reach his goal, even doing so by dogsled."

*This is from the Guinness World Record website.

Equipment

Time Scale 

• March 2023 - Polar training Norway.

• April/May 2023 - John O Groats to Lands End tyre pull.

• February/March 2024 - Polar training Norway.

• August 2024 - Solo Greenland crossing.

• November/December 2024 - The World record solo attempt.