07/11/08 : The Hearld: The Icemen Cometh
The Icemen Cometh:
Aussie joins British trio to tackle gruelling 550km Arctic marathon
Extract from Sydney Herald: Sunday Nov 7th 2008
THE Yukon Arctic in Canada’s northwest is one of the toughest landscapes in the world, especially in winter when lakes freeze over and days are short. Very short.
Australian chiropractor and free-skier Carlyle Jenkins and his three British madmen mates, Si Bayliff, Jules Bartlett and Andy Pocock, are joining forces to take on the Yukon Arctic Ultra Race.
The 550km marathon running through minus-30C temperatures, snow, snow and more snow with nothing but the food on your back and a compass for direction, takes an average of six days, running 20 hours a day.
The race has a 51 per cent failure rate. But these hardy adventure travellers intend to cross the finish line and in the process raise more than $125,000 for breast-cancer research.
The race starts on February 15 and the Team Helmut members are training in London parks, dragging semi-trailer tyres behind them.
Follow their progress at http://www.teamhelmut.com or enter your own team at http://www.arcticultra.de
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