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Day 801 "Pop" Exploration |
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Thursday, 02 July 2009 |
Day 801 - July 2, 2009
Wind SW, 10 Knots, Course NW, Speed 1 knot, Position 7*33n by 17*03w
"Pop" Exploration
First through the Northwest Passage and to the South Pole, Amundsen said, "The (North) Pole held no interest for me - Peary's brilliant deed in 1909 had destroyed it's value for all subsequent explorers".
I agree with Amundsen, but that is not the case with Jeff Blumenfeld, a host of modern adventurers and many corporations. Those corporations have spent millions of dollars supporting trips to the poles and many times conquered mountain tops to advertise their names and products.
For 35 years Jeff has had his eyes on the adventure world and has been reporting it in Expedition News, an insiders guide to the business of adventure marketing. Exploration has married consumer culture, the mass media and popular culture, making it much more accessible to the average person.
I call it "Pop" Exploration, short for popular exploration. It has a sensibility to advertising, mass media and the consumerism of our turn of the century culture.
Jeff reports with a sense of satirical wit. a golfer got sponsorship to hit a golf ball 1,319 miles across Mongolia. An African American woman in her senior years was sponsored to helicopter to the North pole to put on skis. She became a hit inspirational speaker in the media and TV talk shows. Tough men and women with an environmental sensibility have been sponsored to retrace the steps of most of the great expeditions and climbed more mountains faster.
You can read all about it in "You Want To Go Where? How To Get Someone To Pay For The Trip Of Your Dreams". Read about modern exploration and find out how to fund and arrange your own trips. It took me twenty years of trying all kinds of things and I sure couldn't tell a person how to do it. I think Jeff wrote an entertaining, right up with the times book, like no other book on exploration. It is a must for anyone who wants a little help going anywhere by any means.
It is a book I think followers of The Love Voyage will enjoy. |
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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 |
July 1, 2009. The 1000 days non-stop Mars Ocean Odyssey reaches Day 800.
by J.R. Weeks, V
"I sail and write for those who have embarked upon quests with open hearts and a longing for oneness."
In what is becoming one of histories' greatest athletic and psychological feats, artist and sailor Reid Stowe passed day 800 of a planned 1000 days nonstop on his self-built 70 foot 50-ton Schooner Anne on July 1, 2009. In a world consumed by issues of ecology, energy and economy, Stowe's endurance challenge is a studied example of self-sufficiency. The Schooner Anne left Hoboken, New Jersey, on April 21, 2007 with three years of food and supplies, and the plan is to not port nor resupply for another 200 days. |
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1000 DAYS SO FAR - KEY SAIL DATES |
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Friday, 13 February 2009 |
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1000 DAYS AT A GLANCE, or key dates in the sail and story thus far: (hyperlink brings you to the blog for that day.)
Day L(LAUNCH)-225: September, 2007 - Reid and Soanya go off shore power.
Day L-88: January 14, 2007 - Mission and Planned Path Announcement. Day L-43: March 9, 2007 - A Voyage of the Heart. Day L-38: March 14, 2007 - The Long Voyage and records. Day L-18: April 3, 2007 - Mars Analogies: Dennis Chamberland quotes. *****************************************************************************
LAUNCH - 4/21/07 - Reid and Soanya depart terra firma on the Schooner Anne from Hoboken, NJ. Day 1 - 4/22/07 - First day at sea. |
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