Expedition Loap Solo 2006
česká verze Crossing of the largest European glacier Vatnajökull - solo and unsupported
WELCOME TO WEBSITE EXPEDITION LOAP SOLO 2006!
This website is about Expedition Loap Solo 2006. The goal of the expedition was to traverse the largest European glacier Vatnajokull.
The expedition took almost three weeks. During its run detailed messages concerning the progress were sent every day to this website. These messages typed on a pocket PC - PDA and sent via satellite phone are creating an expedition's diary now. You are more than welcome to check it out...
If you found this story interesting and would like to know more about me or what I'm up to right now, visit my personal blog on www.pavelblazek.com.
Good luck on your journeys! Doesn't matter if you're going to the other side of a glacier, continent or just to the forest behind your cottage. Cheers!
Pavel
Link the to first update sent from Iceland At last on the way
Link to the photogallery
Yes, north magnetic pole is my next goal. Either as one of the four who will try to reach this place or one of the members of supporting group. My position in this coming expedition will be cleared out during the next year. By any means, I want to participate in this project and do my best with helping to realize the trip. At the ...
Everything went faster than I had expected so unfortunately, I had neither time nor energy to write messages. Here's resumption of what have happened in last few days of the expedition...Saturday. Even though I tried my best, my freezing bath in the river resulted in quite nasty cold. I was lucky that I was back in camp and not somewhere on the glacier where my ...
A plane is taking off from Reykjavik in a little while. It is the plane which will take Pavel back home. He has been dealing with sled transportation in last few days so he couldn't write messages – well, he didn’t write the one from Sunday.He will be home tonight, he’s quite excited and he will write how his last few days have been ...
So a Dutch couple got it! They both brought a book to read with dinner and instead, they had to listen to chatty Blazek! I'm not saying I was by myself too long but I did miss talking to somebody a little bit. I am back in campground in village called Kirkjubaejarklaustur.Morning. How I didn't want to get up!!! When I finally crawled out of ...
