The headsouth team have started to pick up the mileage on this second day of the trek, trekking 4 miles in 3 hours. Temperatures have remained between -30 and -40, and pulling the heavy sleds in the altitude has been extremely challenging. To find out more about the Lewis Moody Foundation and the projects it [...]
The headsouth team arrived at the Parallel 89 drop off point this afternoon and have trekked 2km in one hour to where they have set up camp for the night. It is -43ºC and some of the team members have struggled pulling the weight of their sleds in the altitude. They will need to average [...]
The headsouth team have made it to the Union Glacier Basecamp! It's -11ºC with no wind, and all reports from the team so far mention how breathtakingly beautiful and pristine it is. They are staying here in tents and being catered for while they await their next flight which will take them further on to [...]
Today the headsouth team will take a 4.5 hour flight to Union Glacier where they will spend 36 hours completing safety briefings and getting to grips with their kit on the ice before being flown further into Antarctica to start the trek to the South Pole. Here's what Lewis and Alan Chambers have to say... [...]
The headsouth team have successfully made it to Punta Arenas in Chile, arriving very late on New Year's Day. They are now awaiting the final leg of their journey, a 4.5 hour flight to the Union Glacier which they will take either tonight or tomorrow morning. Here's what a very tired Lewis has to say.... [...]
This is just some of the kit that each team member will have to drag on their sled! Time for the kit out day! The headsouth team today attended a kit out event at London's Twickenham stadium, where expedition leader Alan Chambers MBE was on hand to talk them through the reality of life at 66 [...]
A trek to one of the most inhospitable regions on Earth. There are just a few weeks to go until headsouth, and the team are enjoying their last days of warmth and home comforts before this epic journey begins. This will be an expedition in the most remote part of Antarctica, where physiological altitude will [...]
The money raised from headsouth will help fund the BRAIN-MATRIX, a first-of-its kind clinical trial that will enable doctors to treat brain tumours with drugs that are more targeted than ever before. A crucial part of this is a pioneering new adaptive platform where genomic, clinical and moleculardata for each patient can be stored. The [...]
