My crossing of the mighty Drake to Antarctica
Near misses, close calls, and lessons learned the hard way. Share with others so that they might avoid the same mistakes.
Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:53 am
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If it looks smooth, it might be. If it looks rough, it is...www.bigtirepilot.com ...www.alaskaheliski.com
Those swells were insane! No wonder you were puking your guts out.
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Nice! Love those huge swells! That looks like loads of fun!
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It was pretty fun on the top deck until we got in trouble for being up there! Honestly I never got sick but did not feel real good either once I had to go below deck and we were all quarantined to our rooms. I was pretty amazing. Those winds in the video are steady at around 90-100mph
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Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:44 pm
Spectacular!
Might be somethin' wrong with me, but I truly love being out in Nature's most powerful elements.
T-Storms, Santa Ana winds, earthquakes, big surf...
Loved that video clip! No wonder they called them the "Roaring Forties/Fifties"!!
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