Weather: Cold, clear and calm! Beautiful sunshine and low winds and cold temps around -90F.
The low winds have made running and walking outside very attractive these past couple days, so I’ve decided to go out along all the visibility markers and remove the snow from them. These are basically just giant plywood boards which are painted black and spaced every 1km, or 1mile for 3-5km depending.
Yesterday I spend 1.5 hours running down one of the lines (only about 7 miles round trip — but running over sastrugi is pretty tiring).
Today I took 3 hours and walked the long flag line down the runway (which is about 5 miles to the furthest marker).
I can’t wait till I get back up North and don’t have to fear for frostbite everytime I go outside! But without wind, it’s pretty easy to keep warm for long periods of time.
It’s also nice to get outside on days like these because it can often be windy and cloudy which makes it hard to keep the face warm, and generally unpleasant to be outside.
I also have a dinky little video that I put together from one of my runs (though it’s way too cold to film much of anything) and also shows me taking off my outer layers after the run — a good show of why layers are important!
Allen's South Pole Winter-Over 2020 (+) 
Low winds? -90 below! Crazy man, go back inside. You’re in the home stretch, brother. Hang tough and stay safe. We want you and your nose to come home – no frostbite! Poppop got frostbite on his hands when we were young and it bothered him all his life. That aside the photos are stunning. The light must feel like a gift.
Miss you and sending lots of love.
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