Mike Horn is barely in the initial throes of a wholly remarkable endeavor, but he has already accomplished one of the more astounding feats imaginable: making it all the way to the South Pole under his own volition.
As Lonely Planet spotted, the brave explorer posted the latest chapter amid his courageous journey to circumnavigate the globe via North and South Poles. Aside from obviously hanging with Santa Claus for a moment when he makes it to that particular apex of this planet, the feat would include another cool accolade.
It represents a truly historic moment when the first person makes it across the transom of this world via the two poles.
The Daily Mail previously noted the astounding numbers behind the trek, which includes Horn covering 24,000 miles over the course of two years.
This kind of endeavor is going to feature a number of notable moments. Most recently, however, Horn made it to the most southern point of the very planet we call home.
Here is what Horn had to post via Instagram.
The above caption, capturing the important milestone, reads: "It is a place we can travel through but not made for the human to settle in and stay!"
Here are some other posts that bookend the amazing accomplishment, followed by some of what Mike Horn had to write on Instagram.
Horn wrote: "Had another 175km in the battle ground of Sastrugi. Just when you think it's over, there was more. So this battle I was fighting with myself and not the Sastugi. Start enjoying what you hate. Then peace comes over your mind, no expectation, let it be what it is, from that moment the battle was won. I'm 334 km from the Pole on my 23rd day."
Caption: "Today was a beautiful day, as were all the other days. Very little wind made my progression slow in the morning. I changed kites and tried the 18 square meter kite, it worked a little better, at some stages there were zero wind so I just waited in the sun! The terrain become smooth with soft snow and that sucked in the sled even more."
Caption: "After 170 km I'm finally in the last degree to the Pole. I spent my day going west with favorable winds. I'm 75 km from the pole and crossed 2 sled tracks heading to the South Pole my first sign of human life since I left Pangaea. The wind was extremely cold today and my hands nose cheeks and feet suffered. I'm now only 75 km from the Pole but not really too keen to see buildings and people."
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Caption: "Back on my way. I had very light winds the past seven days and progress is slow. I did 65 km today. The arrival at the pole was strange. Strange in a way that for 2350 km I could go where I wanted to without rules and regulations.
Here I was moving to one specific point on the horizon no more 10 or 20 degrees to the left or the right. It zooms in to only one spot! The freedom of choice feels as if is is now taken away. Because of the landing strip and the research base quite suddenly there are rules to follow. The mind starts focusing on all these restrictions and no longer on that freedom of choice.
Nonetheless, it was nice to see the dark spot stand up from the ice far on the horizon and come closer with each kilometer I skied."
Horn's entire feed is a must-read for all travel enthusiasts who want to delve deep into a truly awesome adventure. After he gets out of Antarctica, Horn will make his way to New Zealand, Russia and Greenland.
An arduous journey lay before Horn, but he has already added one astounding accomplishment to his travel résumé.
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