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From: OLIVE
Date: 8/10/99
Time: 10:47:55 AM
Remote Name: 195.92.194.72
OUF!!... IT WAS TOUGH BUT WE MADE IT WITHOUT GETTING WET. EVERYTHING WAS READY IN BOARD FOR EXTREME EMERGENCIES, LIFE RAFTS, BEACONS, FLARES, AND CHOCOLATE BARS.. ..FORTUNATELY OUR 2 ROTAX DID NOT CARE AT ALL ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE FLYING..AND PURRING LIKE DOCILE PUSSIES.. ..BUT WE DID CARE.. THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS TO GET THE RIGHT WEATHER AND WAITING FOR IT. ...SECOND WAS THE COLD.. ESPECIALY ON MY BICYCLE KIND OF MACHINE, FULLY OPENED TO THE ELEMENTS.. THE CHILL FACTOR WAS DEFINITELY AGAINST MY ALL BODY.. ...FORTUNATELY I COULD "RAPE" SOME INUITS (ESKIMOS) ON THE WAY (NOT FOR THEIR SEXUAL ATTRIBUTS BUT FOR THEIR WARM CLOTHINGS..).
WE LEFT THE COAST OF CANADA (BROUGHTON ISLAND) ON THE 5TH OF AUGUST AND REACHED THE COAST OF SCOTLAND YESTERDAY ON THE 9TH OF AUGUST. WE FLEW EVERYDAY SINCE WE LEFT CANADA AS THE WEATHER WAS LOOKING PRETTY OKAY. IN THESE 5 DAYS, WE COVERED 3310 KILOMETRES IN 32.8 HOURS (IN WHICH: 2210 OVER ICE COLD WATER, 700 KM OVER ICE AT 9000 FEET (GREENLAND)AND 400 KM OVER ICELAND.
FLYINF OVER THE ICE CAP OF GREENLAND DURING 6 HOURS WAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE FLIGHT OF THE WHOLE TRIP AND PROBABBLY ONE OF THE BEST IN MY LIFE.. I MUST HAVE CATCH IT WITH MY 2 NIKON...WAIT AND SEE..
NOW, WE CAN RELAX A LITLE AS WE MADE IT ACROSS.. MIKE IS FEELING REALLY RELIEVED NOT MISSSING HIS APPOINTMENT WITH WIFE CHARMAINE ARRIVING VERY SOON. AND EVERYTHING LOOKS BRIGHT. EVEN THE WEATHER IN ALL BRITAIN LOOKS TERRIFIC TODAY.. WE WILL FLY DOWN TO LEEDS TODAY AND VISIT MIKE'S MUM AND SISTER THAT JUST ARIVED..
IT IS A GREAT FEELING TO GET RID OF ALL THESE FAT CLOTHINGS AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENTS.. FROM NOW ON, WE WILL ONLY BE HEADING SOUTH!!
BEST WISH TO EVERYONE!
AND KISSES
OLIVE