GreatOutdoors.com: Ed Viesturs Sat Phone Dispatches

Viesturs Calls in Final Dispatch

Ed Viesturs — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:32:49 -0700

Hi everyone, it's Ed Viesturs calling on behalf of myself and John Stetson, it's Sunday May 11, happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there. We're now back in Pond Inlet staying with our

Last Camp of the Trip on Baffin Island

Ed Viesturs — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:27:28 -0700

Hey everyone, it's Ed Viesturs and John Stetson calling from Baffin Island, it's about 7:30 Friday night, May 9, we're in our last and final camp of the trip.

Another High Wind Day

Ed Viesturs — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:45:35 -0700

Grounded by Wind

John Stetson — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:51:10 -0700

12.5 Miles Today

John Stetson — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:29:51 -0700

Sleeping and Camping Systems

Ed Viesturs — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:59:23 -0700

I’m just going to continue with talking about our sleeping and camping systems.

Camped on a Beautiful Icy Blue Lake

Ed Viesturs — Sun, 04 May 2008 23:27:10 -0700

Hi everyone. It’s Ed Viesturs calling. Sunday May 4^{th.read more}

Blue is Cracking Like Rice Crispies

John Stetson — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:41:29 -0700

Hello, John Stetson here on May 3^rd, Ed Viesturs and I are curled up in our sleeping bag were camped at the toe of a glacier we crossed

Best but most challenging day so far

Ed Viesturs — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:07:20 -0700

Hi everyone, it's Ed Viesturs calling, May 2^nd, about 8 p.m. We had a pretty cool day today, we went about 11 miles, it was one of the most interesting and also the most

May 1st and All is Well

John Stetson — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:18:45 -0700

Best day yet, Part II

Ed Viesturs — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:01:02 -0700

Just to continue finishing with the boots, they are a Vibram soled boot with a heavy duty cloth upper with two layers of felt inner boot,

Best day yet as Ed and John make almost 12 miles across the ice

Ed Viesturs — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:43:14 -0700

Hey it's Ed Viesturs, Wednesday, April 30, we're at our third camp. I think our transmission got cut off yesterday, we were only able to ski about four hours, last few hours we

High winds hamper travel for Viesturs and Stetson

John Stetson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:48:52 -0700

Hello there, this is John and Ed out on the trail, pretty good day, couldn't travel very long. We got sort of a wake up call when we got

Ten miles on the first day across the ice

Ed Viesturs — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:30:19 -0700

Hey, this is Ed, we're here at the end of the day. Its Monday, May 28. We finally got out of town, it was about 1:30 after visiting with the

Preparing to ski out of Pond Inlet

Ed Viesturs — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:55:00 -0700

Via Email
April 28th-9 AM-EST. Pond Inlet
Ed Viesturs here from Baffin Island.

Pulling sleds and playing the fiddle on Baffin Island

Ed Viesturs — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:01:53 -0700

Hi everyone, it's Ed Viesturs calling from Pond Inlet on Baffin Island. It's Sunday Evening April 27 10:30 p.m. I'm

Waiting for the permit to enter Sirmilik National Park

John Stetson — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:12:04 -0700

John Stetson here, we're still up in Pond Inlet. Ed and I went out today for a nice ski, took a look around and enjoyed the good day we

Ed Viesturs Arrives on Baffin Island Part II

Ed Viesturs — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:03:39 -0700

It's Ed, just to finish up my dispatch, we're going to spend some time tomorrow chatting with some of the locals, we want to find out a

Ed Viesturs Arrives on Baffin Island Part I

Ed Viesturs — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:01:39 -0700

Hi everyone, it's Ed Viesturs calling, it's the evening of April 25, and John Stetson and I have finally