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News - 2008
The Gerard McDonnell Memorial Access Scholarship Fund at DCU
16 December, 2008 at 09:15Originally from Kilcornan in County Limerick and a graduate of the DCU School of Electronic ...
MV Ushuaia safely across Drake - Due in Punta Arenas soon
7 December, 2008 at 09:51Information newest first taken from: www.iaato.org The MV Ushuaia has successfully crossed the ...
Ambassador meets Irish Students
3 December, 2008 at 09:5630th November 2008, Buenos Aires, Argentina. On Sunday the 30th of November Irish Ambassador ...
Buenos Aires & Thunderstorms
2 December, 2008 at 15:2329th November 2008 On arrival in BA it was evident that it was raining on approach. The murky view ...
Heading back to civilisation today
29 November, 2008 at 15:22In just a few minutes, we’ll leave for the airport to fly to Buenos Aires. Today has been a ...
Back in Ushuaia, safe and sound
28 November, 2008 at 23:17Early, early this morning we arrived back in Ushuaia at about 5-6am. The weather was windy and ...
Fin el Mundo once more
28 November, 2008 at 15:2128th November 2008 We were a bit slow to say the least getting up and off the ship, wit some of ...
Students shine today!
27 November, 2008 at 22:03We are all so impressed with the students today. This morning, they each gave a presentation ...
Video footage now available on the website
26 November, 2008 at 13:56We have now updated tons of video footage from our expedition, so check it out! ...
The Notorious Drake Passage
26 November, 2008 at 13:40This morning started with a lecture from Augustine on the ozone layer, which was interesting, ...
Students swim in the icy water
25 November, 2008 at 23:07Monday, November 24, 2008 Neko Harbour 7pm After a cruise around dramatic cliffs of ice in Neko ...
Camping out
25 November, 2008 at 13:56November 25th, 2008 Location: 64.31.562S, 62.44.049W Last night was the big camp out a chance ...
A day amongst icebergs
24 November, 2008 at 23:07Monday, November 24, 2008 1 p.m. As we near the end of our journey, our schedule is getting ...
Avalanche in the bay
24 November, 2008 at 23:07Monday, November 24, 2008 Neko Harbour 3.30 pm Two days ago we received a very specific brief ...
Braving the icy water
24 November, 2008 at 23:07Monday, November 24, 2008 Neko Harbour 7pm A few expeditioners gathered the nerve to take a dip ...
Students swim in the icy water
24 November, 2008 at 19:56Monday, November 24, 2008 Neko Harbour 7pm After a cruise around dramatic cliffs of ice in Neko ...
A day amongst icebergs
24 November, 2008 at 13:56Monday, November 24, 2008 1 p.m. As we near the end of our journey, our schedule is getting ...
Avalanche in the bay
24 November, 2008 at 13:56Monday, November 24, 2008 Neko Harbour 3.30 pm Two days ago we received a very specific brief ...
New videos from the team
24 November, 2008 at 12:07Niall has kindly sent through new videos from the expedition team, you can view them by clicking ...
Antarctic Peninsula today!
23 November, 2008 at 23:07Sunday, November 23, 2008 Well have to make a correction to last nights estimate of the ...
Elephant Island
23 November, 2008 at 05:36Saturday, 22 November, 2008 Elephant Island Location: The captain is negotiating rough waters with ...
Sei Whales all around
21 November, 2008 at 18:37Friday, 21st November, 2008 6:30pm Weather: high cloud, somewhat overcast, low winds. Wind – 2-3 ...
Rolling, rolling, rolling
20 November, 2008 at 15:06Thursday, 20th November All of last night and all of today has been spent sailing toward Elephant ...
Latest Images of South Georgia Crossing now available
20 November, 2008 at 11:00After an enduring yet rewarding five days by all accounts, the Traverse Team successfully crossed ...
Glaciers and mighty fjords
19 November, 2008 at 15:06Wednesday November 19th, 2008 Our big morning plan for today was a visit to a beach to have a ...
A visit to Shackleton?s resting place
18 November, 2008 at 18:16Tuesday November 18, 2008 18:15 This afternoon we visited Grytviken a highlight weve all ...
Back together again, Part 3 - Back to the boat for a party
18 November, 2008 at 01:08After the snow slide, we had only to cross a boggy valley and reach the beach, and the Stromness ...
Traverse Team Returns
17 November, 2008 at 22:4022:40 Traverse team news: A small group of us went to meet the team as soon as they descended the ...
Expedition back together again
17 November, 2008 at 16:30Monday, November 17, 2008 16:30 We set off at ten am to meet the traverse team and cross a high ...
Seventeen Tiny Dots
16 November, 2008 at 18:4918.49 6.49pm Sunday We can see the traverse party coming down the glacier! All seventeen are ...
Crazy People
16 November, 2008 at 17:01Sunday, November 16, 2008 Location: 54.07.810S 36.48.980W Temperature: 11ºc Wind: 4 knots General ...
Final Push for the Traverse Team
16 November, 2008 at 17:01At 12:30 pm today, Pat contacted the Captain, Jorge. The traverse team are having a much better ...
Reindeer on ice
16 November, 2008 at 11:04Good morning from Antarctica! Its Sunday, and the weather conditions are sunny and bright. Late ...
A not-so-great-day?
16 November, 2008 at 11:04TRAVERSE TEAM NEWS As for the traverse team Their day was very challenging. We spoke to Pat at ...
Home is Fortuna Bay
16 November, 2008 at 11:03Fortuna Bay We will wait here, with the Irish flag waving proudly, for the traverse team to come ...
Back together again, Part 2 -- The Slide
16 November, 2008 at 01:01Monday, November 16th Climbing above the scree we crossed massive snowfields, skirting all the way ...
A really GREAT day
15 November, 2008 at 11:04Saturday, November 15, 2008 A really GREAT day Location: 54.08.838S 36.47.568W Wind today: 3-5 ...
Better luck tomorrow, maybe?
14 November, 2008 at 22:17Friday, November 14, 2008 Back on the ship, the rest of the expedition party were unable to go ...
See you on the other side...
14 November, 2008 at 21:15See you on the other side… Friday, November 14, 2008 9pm The traverse team narrowly escaped to ...
Snowy and windy
14 November, 2008 at 15:14Hello! A very quick update this afternoon – after anchoring in King Haakon Bay in South ...
Penguins, dolphins, seals, sea lions, glaciers...
14 November, 2008 at 13:09We´re here! Just a quick note to let you know we made it to South Georgia. We´re currently ...
Batten down the hatches
13 November, 2008 at 22:00Thursday, November 13, 2008 10pm Today’s conditions at 1pm: Location: 54.22.367S, ...
Calm before the storm - THE SEQUEL
13 November, 2008 at 18:56Thursday, November 13th, 1 PM After biting our nails all day about the impending stormy night, it ...
Rock and Roll
12 November, 2008 at 23:33Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10am Early this morning two whale blows were spotted only 100 m off ...
The Calm Before the Storm
12 November, 2008 at 23:33Wednesday, 7:30 pm Location: 54.32.645S, 54.59.781W Course: 088 degrees Speed: 13.2 knots Wind, 13 ...
Traverse team gets ready
12 November, 2008 at 18:33TUESDAY 6PM: Some individuals on ship are experiencing discomfort from sea sickness today. ...
Busy Kids
12 November, 2008 at 15:43Tuesday, 9AM Now that were on the ship, the students are particularly busy. Here is todays ...
All aboard!
12 November, 2008 at 15:37MONDAY, November 10th 7PM It was a beautiful day for boarding the ship, and after being shown to ...
Shipping Out
10 November, 2008 at 14:51Today started with something unexpected for the students – we love surprising them! We ...
The End of the World
9 November, 2008 at 17:29Today everyone is feeling great. We all met at the hotel’s breakfast buffet where we were able ...
Flights, and more flights.
8 November, 2008 at 00:00We arrived in Ushuaia after a long series of flights today. We had a stop over in Sao Paulo, ...
Day One - The Expedition Begins!
7 November, 2008 at 14:00Friday was an exciting day as we all gathered in Dublin airport to start our journey. There were ...
Final Meeting times, etc. URGENT ALL MEMBERS
30 October, 2008 at 12:03To all expedition members. Hope you all are getting excited as we are here in the office which has ...
Pat Falvey nominated for EOY special award
24 October, 2008 at 16:34Congratulations to John Rocha the winner of the special award for his achievements in the Irish ...
September Get together images
21 October, 2008 at 17:59I’m sure all who attended would agree we had a fantastic weekend and very worthwhile… ...
TYACT Images - Terence McSwiney College Cork
21 October, 2008 at 13:31Here are some images of the teambuilding weekend held as a selection process for their short list ...
Expedition info Meeting Sept. 26-28th 2008
18 September, 2008 at 11:58Pre Expedition Get – Together/Briefing 2008 PLEASE CONTACT US URGENTLY IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND For ...
Final training session a great weekend!
17 September, 2008 at 16:37Our South Georgia Team came to Kerry for our final session, link to photo’s below Click Here ...
Adelie Penguins affected on Peninsula
9 September, 2008 at 17:07Check out this article for updated information on the effects of global warming on the Adelie ...
All summit Kilimanjaro this morning!!
9 September, 2008 at 14:4309/09/08 A text this morning from Gerry Walsh on Kilimanjaro reports all 17 trekkers were ...
Pat Falvey meets Terence MacSwiney College Students
5 September, 2008 at 16:51On Wednesday 3rd September Pat Falvey, adventurer and climber, visited Terence MacSwiney College ...
Tribute to Ger from Clare O Leary
25 August, 2008 at 19:10Tribute to Ger by Clare O’ Leary . I first met Ger 6 years ago while preparing for an Everest ...
Memorial for Ger
21 August, 2008 at 15:16Ger McDonnell spoke of the community spirit in Kilcornan parish on many occasions. On Sunday the ...
Tribute to Ger by Pat Falvey
11 August, 2008 at 14:36Picture. Pat and Ger fooling on Denali. © Clare O Leary “Life begins when your ready to ...
Ger and Rolf - You are both still in our hearts
5 August, 2008 at 12:58Photo: Our friends Ger and Rolf in happier times during the Irish Beyond Endurance Expedition ...
Latest updates from K2 BC
4 August, 2008 at 11:58Up Date 20.30 From Base Camp K2 official 04/08/08 Last Emergency Update K2BaseCamp-NL (23.30hr. ...
Rescue attempt on K2
2 August, 2008 at 09:41A RESCUE ATTEMPT IS IN PROGRESS ON K2, details are not confirmed and communicating is sketchy ...
Summit Success for Gerard and Norit team
1 August, 2008 at 11:042000 K2 time The candles really worked. Wilco, Cas, Gerard and Pemba are at the summit of K2! All ...
First Irish summit of K2 to happen tonight!!
31 July, 2008 at 16:56SUMMIT ATTEMPT TONIGHT Gerard McDonnell with the Dutch team ‘Norit K2’ are about to make their ...
Freddy T Bear Launches his own web site
25 July, 2008 at 18:25Frederick T. Bear, has launched his own personal web site which has all his adventure blogs, some ...
Educational ship Supervisor, Agustín Ullmann
22 July, 2008 at 14:53We are delighted that Agustin will be joining us on board. It is really looking like that we will ...
Ship, Coordinator, appointed: Monika Schillat, Historian
22 July, 2008 at 14:36We are delighted to have Monika join our expedition South she will be an amazing addition to our ...
Full steam ahead !!
22 July, 2008 at 12:49The middle of the summer has just passed us and the excitement is gathering momentum. Some of our ...
Norway - Report 3 of 3
8 July, 2008 at 12:2111th June When we woke we found our tents a little smaller around the sides than the night before. ...
Norway - Report 2 of 3
26 June, 2008 at 14:32June 8th After our 2nd night and breakfast in the Lodge, we were outside choosing our campsite not ...
Norway - Report 1 of 3
19 June, 2008 at 10:44May 26th After getting all the tents checked and 2 tubs of gear ready about 10 days prior to the ...
Sudden climate shift could spell global catastrophe, warn scientists
29 May, 2008 at 10:25By John von Radowitz. Examiner publications 29th May A SUDDEN and dramatic shift in climate that ...
Science Program Co-Ordinator
22 May, 2008 at 16:18I’m delighted to have our first scientist on board. Sandra Riordan works as a Chemist in the ...
Education Programme Manager, Appointed to Science project
22 May, 2008 at 16:10We are delighted to have Tim Lavery join our team as Educational Programme Manager. I’m ...
Climate 'accelerating bird loss'
22 May, 2008 at 16:03Climate change is “significantly amplifying” the threats facing the world’s bird ...
Kerryman summits Everest
22 May, 2008 at 14:05John Dowd has summated Mt. Everest at 1am irish time this morning, reports the Irish breaking news ...
Last years series on youtube
8 May, 2008 at 23:20A friend mailed me a link to the series filmed on our 2006 expedition which featureed on Irish ...
Climate Change hitting Arctic faster
3 May, 2008 at 19:43Climate change hitting Arctic faster & harder than previously thought Source: World Wildlife ...
Beyond Endurance Training Weekend April 2008
30 April, 2008 at 13:18Friday 18th April 2008 Participants: ...
Melting Andean glaciers could leave 30 million high and dry
29 April, 2008 at 12:31Washington DC, April 28, 2008 – About 99 percent of the Chacaltaya glacier in Bolivia has ...
World Earth Day
22 April, 2008 at 09:59Founded by the organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970, Earth Day Network (EDN) promotes ...
Karen Rodgers, always with us
21 April, 2008 at 17:47I’m sure i can speak for all Beyond Endurance team members in 2006 that yesterdays news was ...
Norway Winter Skills - June 6th
1 April, 2008 at 13:59We have confirmed new dates for our Winter Skills in Norway. These changes are due to flights ...
2 Day backpack Training Details - April 18th
1 April, 2008 at 12:04We are running a 2 day backpack weekend in response to some of you missing the last one in March. ...
Images from 3 Day BP march
30 March, 2008 at 16:45Some images from James Langley of our last training session in March available on the link here ...
3 day backpack - Kerry Day 3
25 March, 2008 at 16:3417th March – St Patrick’s Day At 3am I was awoken by Charlie. He had misplaced his ...
3 day backpack - Kerry Day 2
21 March, 2008 at 12:45March 16th With a good sleep under our belts we rose at 7 and ready for 9am. The weather was ...
3 day backpack - Kerry Day 1
21 March, 2008 at 10:54Saturday 15th March At 9am on Saturday the 15th we all met at Kates in the Gap. Pat started the ...
Damien Foxall - Another Kerry Success
18 February, 2008 at 11:25Damien Foxall has taken a huge win for Irish sailing by being co-skipper for frenchman Jean Pierre ...
Notice to all enquiries for our trip in November 08
6 February, 2008 at 15:40After a whirlwind month of january, the expedition office is finally back to a little normality. ...
I’m home at last. The simple pleasures in life are best.
25 January, 2008 at 14:06This is my first day back home since the 28th October 2007. I have been 90 days away and this is ...
Late Late Show online
25 January, 2008 at 11:05Here is a link to the Late Late show from last friday… here Thanks to The Late Late ...
Ladies Sports star award for Clare./ Odd man out..
23 January, 2008 at 14:49I was honoured to be invited to the Echo Ladies All Star Awards in Cork today at the Rochestown ...
10 am Madrid Airport;
17 January, 2008 at 09:4010 am Thursday 17 January and we are awaiting our flight to Dublin and then we will travel from ...
A long flight home.
17 January, 2008 at 09:19This is always the part of my expeditions I dislike. Airports and flights. To come home we have ...
Team home arrival details
15 January, 2008 at 16:44Following a conversation with the team today at noon irish time from their hotel in Punta Arenas, ...
Our plane has landed. We are heading for home.
14 January, 2008 at 12:0014th January 11;30 pm I’m as excited about going home as I was in reaching the Pole. Our ...
Early morning alert, to leave the ice.
13 January, 2008 at 15:0014th January; Early morning alert, to leave the ice. Mark our friendly weather man has given the ...
We are still held in her icy grip;
13 January, 2008 at 12:0013th January Sunday We are still held in her icy grip; This is our 75th day away from home 63 ...
12th January; Home is calling,,,,,,stuck at the edge of Antarctica.
12 January, 2008 at 12:0012th January Home is calling,,,,,,stuck at the edge of Antarctica. Relaxed after a night sleep ...
On the road home! TEAMS LATEST REPORT
11 January, 2008 at 22:00Following a surreal 56-hour stay at the South Pole, it was a relief to see the twin otter arrive ...
South Pole Inn Banner
11 January, 2008 at 20:40South Pole Inn, Annascaul and everyone in Kerry – Crean Family – Tom Crean Society ...
South Pole Research Centre
11 January, 2008 at 20:00Everest summiteers send condolences
11 January, 2008 at 15:55Pat Falvey and Clare O’Leary have sent this message regarding Sir Edmund Hillary from ...
Team depart South Pole
10 January, 2008 at 18:00Pat contacted us here at 5.30pm yesterday to inform us they were given a green light for their ...
Latest Update - Bad weather may delay
10 January, 2008 at 15:25Following a phone call from the team today at 2pm, We have been informed they may get delayed ...
Freddy makes it - Jan 08
9 January, 2008 at 16:20Hip, hip hoorah!! WE ARE AT THE SOUTH POLE!! I am so excited, I can hardly sit still to write ...
SUCCESS!!
8 January, 2008 at 20:17A call was just received confirming the teams arrival at the South Pole at 4.30 approx. Chilean ...
7km to go ....
8 January, 2008 at 19:37Pat called at 5pm Irish-time…“We are just stopping now for our last rest break.. we ...
We can see it. The excitement is rising.
7 January, 2008 at 12:007th January day 57. only 23 km to go. We can see it. The excitement is rising. Today we were all ...
Day 56 - We have dreamed big...what a journey
6 January, 2008 at 12:006th January day 56 Sunday 6th January, day 56, 47km to go 1,099 km of manhauling done. We ...
Freddys Blog Jan 05
5 January, 2008 at 23:40Wow! I couldn’t believe it when Clare told me this evening that we only have 70km left to ...
Day 55 - A heaven in hell.....What a beautiful day..
5 January, 2008 at 12:005th January day 55 A heaven in hell…..What a beautiful day.. Camp; Joss Lynam and Jim ...
Press and Photo's
5 January, 2008 at 02:20For any press or news people out there who need more information and images or content please ...
Energy low, enthusiasm is high... day 54
4 January, 2008 at 12:004th January day 54 Energy low, enthusiasm is high.. Friday,4th January, day 54, 95km to go ...
We are Exhausted, 5 days to go....hopefully
3 January, 2008 at 12:005 days to go, were exhausted…. O’ Leary Family camp. (from Clare) 3rd January day 53, 118km to ...
Day 52 - SP on the 8th - Count down begins!
3 January, 2008 at 10:40After a phone call from Pat and the team last night, they have decided to target the 8th to reach ...
Freddys Blog - Jan 02
2 January, 2008 at 23:40‘Wake up, Freddy, it’s 6.10!’ I rubbed my eyes and tried to sit up. I ...
Shackletons, furthest south... we continue to the pole...
1 January, 2008 at 12:001st January 88.5326S,081.3476W Camp Shackleton, our hero. Shackletons 97 miles from the ...
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