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Ben Saunders North

Mar 9th, 2011
by Jordon Cooper.
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Ben Saunders is heading to the North Pole again, unsupported and trying to break the speed record or just over 36 days.  Here is the first leg of the journey.  From London to Ottawa. For those of you who have never heard of Saunders before, check out this intro video from 2008. In case you [...]

North

Mar 23rd, 2010
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Ben Saunders is skiing to the North Pole again.  He is skiing alone and unsupported, attempting to shave six days off the 2005 record set by an entire team that used dog sleds and resupplying.  I hope he does it.

Mystery of the Nile

Jan 23rd, 2010
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Mark and I watched the IMAX movie, Mystery of the Nile last night.  I never knew this but until 2004, no one had ever travelled the entire Blue Nile River from it’s source to the Mediterranean Sea. It’s a journey that took 114 days and was done by a team of explorers and amateurs led [...]

Why Jordon Cooper Outfitters?

Jan 1st, 2010
by Jordon Cooper.
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A couple of you have asked what my plan is for Jordon Cooper Outfitters as it hasn’t made a lot of sense for some of you as to why I have done it and why I am only posting once a day.  Here is the short answer. I am posting once a day because it [...]

Ben Saunders on Vimeo

Nov 24th, 2009
by Jordon Cooper.
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I was checking out Ben Saunders blog today and saw this great video profile on his site.  Here is a list of his expeditions, both the successful ones and the ones where he didn’t make it.  Ben is currently preparing for three expeditions between 2010 and 2012: solo and unsupported speed record attempts on both [...]