http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/22/world ... ?hpt=hp_c5
One excerpt from the article:
"I think it was a good demonstration that the main thing is to get out there and make stuff happen," he said. "We could have spent a whole year in the UK to get sponsorship for some carbon fiber cart and we still wouldn't have done the trip."
Always good advice when dealing with wilderness expeditions, here's another person who got out there and made stuff happen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless
That particular person stranded himself in Alaska's Denali National Park, eventually starving to death. As it happens, my trip to Denali took place during his, although I had somewhat more up-market accommodations.
