Teaser Video

Working on the documentary for the expedition. Here is a little teaser video.

Last Sunrise

Today I had the honor of being at the IM Flash Tour of Utah Start Party. They gave me a booth at the party where I was able to show off the bike I rode to the South Pole and talk to people about the expedition. It was great fun.

I was talking with some people and somehow the subject of sunrises came up.

Rihanna sings:

I'm wondering, will I ever see another sunrise?
But it's to late to think of the value of my life
And you can see my heart.. beating
You can see it through my chest
I'm terrified, but I'm not leaving
I know that I must pass this test.

I say I was never really worried I was going to die, but maybe I am lying to myself. As I told the people at the party of Rihanna's song, my journey to get my last cache in the middle of a crevasse field, and my thought that I had not seen a sunrise in over a month, and maybe I would never see another sunrise, it was all I could do to keep the tears back. I guess somewhere deep inside I was terrified, but I was not quitting, I too had to pass the test.

My grandmother would frequently comment that the sunset was the most beautiful she had ever seen. Every sunrise, every sunset is a blessing, a gift of another day. Every sunrise, and every sunset could be our last.

To this day, I can not listen to the words of Russian Roulette without breaking down in tears. We need to live every day to its fullest.