March 30th – Day 91 on Ice

I’ve been on the continent for 3 of the total 10 months. Time has gone by quickly, between work, gym, climbing, sports and movie nights, I’ve been able to keep very busy. I even find it hard to read for an hour before I get too tired and fall asleep. With the internet now up from 11:30 – 3:30pm that also takes up some time during the day; mostly waiting for things to load/ writing my blog/ uploading videos, etc.

On the windy days, blowing snow obscures the horizon, and dims the residual light from the atmosphere. It’s beginning to get dark. People have seen the first sighting of a planet; though I’m not sure which one… probably Jupiter or Saturn.

While it has become much more difficult to run outside, with all the snow drifts and with the increasing (decreasing?) cold, I still generally run out to SPT when I do rounds. With the dimming light, increased winds and cold, foggy goggles make it very difficult to see ahead, and to see large snow drifts. This often results in me crashing through them… must be a real treat to see me trying to run blind out there. Taking the goggles off is unwise, even with only a slight breeze! During winter the time to frostbite for exposed skin is most-always less than 5 minutes, which is shorter than the time it takes me to run from the station to SPT.

Never fear, though. One can always run stairs in the beer can to keep in shape! It’s currently a balmy -70F in there and hey, there’s no wind!

Today, however is “Moving Movie Monday”, which a few of the guys and I decided should be a thing. We get into the gym and run on the 3 treadmills while watching some movie about running, or climbing, or have some kind of exercise-orientation. Today we’re going to watch Maru, which is a mountain-climbing movie.

Then after that is dinner, and then basketball at 7pm. And if I have it in me after that, I’ll go to the gym and lift some heavy things up and put them back down a few times.

Cheers!