A few days after falling into a crevasse, American adventurer Colin O’Brady has aborted his attempt at the speed record from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole. Unconfirmed reports from multiple sources suggest that he has already returned to Union Glacier Camp, the hub of logistics operator ALE.
This breaking news comes only a few hours after O’Brady’s social media team uploaded an audio diary describing difficult whiteout conditions on the third day of his restarted expedition.
Ash Routen is a writer for ExplorersWeb. He has been writing about Arctic travel, mountaineering, science, camping, hiking, and outdoor gear for nine years. As well as ExplorersWeb, he has written for National Geographic UK, Sidetracked, The Guardian, Outside, and many other outlets. Based in Leicester, UK, Routen is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Fellow of The Explorers Club, a Member of the American Polar Society and an avid backpacker and arctic traveler who writes about the outdoors around a full-time job as an academic.
