Bike Across Antarctica

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/12/pole.highway.ap/index.html

At I read the above article, I kept thinking about riding across this
1000 mile road. Sort of an extreme Ididabike (sp?) challenge.

It's not actually across Antarctica; it's just from the coast to the
South Pole station, so you'd have to either do an out-and-back, or
continue on with no road

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Do you think I ride too much?

There's no such thing...

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/12/pole.highway.ap/index.html

At I read the above article, I kept thinking about riding across this
1000 mile road. Sort of an extreme Ididabike (sp?) challenge.

Wow. My tax dollars at work. A $20mm road that will be used maybe 3 times a
year, which will allow travellers to cover in 30 days to do what an airplane
will do in a few hours.

Given what it costs to fly C-130's, it will probably be much cheaper to
send a convoy of tractors down the highway than running several flights
per day for 3 months to the airstrip to carry the same amount of cargo.

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Wow. My tax dollars at work. A $20mm road that will be
used maybe 3 times a year, which will allow travellers to
cover in 30 days to do what an airplane will do in a few
hours.

Given what it costs to fly C-130's, it will probably be
much cheaper to send a convoy of tractors down the highway
than running several flights per day for 3 months to the
airstrip to carry the same amount of cargo.

This might remain open for the large amount of the year
that the flights DO NOT RUN.

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During the 6 month night, it is much colder and you could easily fall
into a crevice that are opening all the time.

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This might remain open for the large amount of the year
that the flights DO NOT RUN.

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Quoted message said:

Wow. My tax dollars at work. A $20mm road that will be
used maybe 3 times a year, which will allow travellers to
cover in 30 days to do what an airplane will do in a few
hours.

Given what it costs to fly C-130's, it will probably be
much cheaper to send a convoy of tractors down the highway
than running several flights per day for 3 months to the
airstrip to carry the same amount of cargo.

This might remain open for the large amount of the year
that the flights DO NOT RUN.

Good point.

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Mike Kruger said:

Wow. My tax dollars at work. A $20mm road that will be used maybe 3 times a
year, which will allow travellers to cover in 30 days to do what an airplane
will do in a few hours.

Without major scientific and technical efforts to harness society's
restless energy in a productive way, folks would just use the same
resources doing stupid and destructive things-- like, say, getting
into pointless and unwinnable wars on maliciously false pretexts.

Roads to nowhere are much, much cheaper.

Chalo Colina

Very nice!

Might be a safe place to put the Bush junta to work after flushing them out
of office come November.

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Mike Kruger said:

Wow. My tax dollars at work. A $20mm road that will be used maybe 3 times

a

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year, which will allow travellers to cover in 30 days to do what an

airplane

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will do in a few hours.

Without major scientific and technical efforts to harness society's
restless energy in a productive way, folks would just use the same
resources doing stupid and destructive things-- like, say, getting
into pointless and unwinnable wars on maliciously false pretexts.

Roads to nowhere are much, much cheaper.

Chalo Colina

Thomas Reynolds said:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/12/pole.highway.ap/index.html

At I read the above article, I kept thinking about riding across this
1000 mile road. Sort of an extreme Ididabike (sp?) challenge.

Do you think I ride too much?

No. Sounds like it'd be a hoot. Cold, but a hoot nonetheless.

Thomas Reynolds said:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/12/pole.highway.ap/index.html

At I read the above article, I kept thinking about riding across this
1000 mile road. Sort of an extreme Ididabike (sp?) challenge.

Ididabike or Idiot-on-a-bike? Good luck.

By the way, the road only goes half way across Antarctica.
Then you need to turn around and ride 1000 miles back to the coast.

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Thomas Reynolds said:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/04/12/pole.highway.ap/index.html

At I read the above article, I kept thinking about riding across this
1000 mile road. Sort of an extreme Ididabike (sp?) challenge.

Ididabike or Idiot-on-a-bike? Good luck.

By the way, the road only goes half way across Antarctica.
Then you need to turn around and ride 1000 miles back to the coast.

Yeah, but the return trip would be mostly downhill.

Matt O.