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Forum » Topic: ‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:40:45 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php writinginbsl on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-97159 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:39:59 +0000 writinginbsl 97159@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ LMAO !!!!! Just moved my chair!!!! LOL!!! stars btw rickwestwell on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-97034 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:27:33 +0000 rickwestwell 97034@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Good work, Wayland. Attention span line is particularly fine. waylandsmithy on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-97032 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:50:09 +0000 waylandsmithy 97032@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Thanks, much appreciated! I really enjoyed writing this one, partly because it made me think if polar bears hunting with their noses covered, so no-one can see them. Gerontius on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-97030 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:31:05 +0000 Gerontius 97030@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Nice one wayland Best in a while, original, strong all the way through and funny - yes,nice payoff line FP...five star full house and riding high in the Top10..doesn't get much better than that I've tweeted too The All New Jeni B on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96985 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:56:40 +0000 The All New Jeni B 96985@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Very good. I'll tweet about it later... kga6 on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96982 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:24:49 +0000 kga6 96982@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Classy. wwwiz on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96971 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:16:30 +0000 wwwiz 96971@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ I also like, "...I doubt we'll ever see that sort of attention span again." dvo4fun on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96935 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:32:58 +0000 dvo4fun 96935@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Wayland - lovely job and as already noted cracker of a punchline @Johnff 'We were forced into shooting the dogs because we were so hungry for communication and one of the buggers pissed on my iPad’. John Ffitch-Rucker on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96929 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:09:01 +0000 John Ffitch-Rucker 96929@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Very good. Pity you can’t reference 'shooting the dogs because one of the buggers pissed on my iPad’. Nick McCarr on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96923 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:21:21 +0000 Nick McCarr 96923@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ FP material for the last line alone. Stars. Immunis on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96900 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:17:00 +0000 Immunis 96900@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Very very good, 5 stars waylandsmithy on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96895 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:34:20 +0000 waylandsmithy 96895@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Being a bit slow, I just worked out you've referenced my Twitter account, @Olliperks. Nice work! Clarky on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96862 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:30:11 +0000 Clarky 96862@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ A classic. Perks on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96860 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:25:48 +0000 Perks 96860@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Really good and funny @wayland5mithy ,love the last line. definatly a sign of the times. I give it #5stars waylandsmithy on "‘Youngest’ expedition to South Pole abandoned after 3rd day without Twitter" http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=34283#post-96856 Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:57:15 +0000 waylandsmithy 96856@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ Plucky 20 year-old Belinda Baron had to abandon her attempt to be recognised as the youngest person to reach the South Pole on skis, after becoming cut off from all social networks for nearly 72 hours. Baron described the experience as 'chilling', claiming she hadn't experienced such feelings of isolation since switching her phone off on the flight out. Baron had spent months planning her expedition, and took advice from Ranulph Fiennes. “Ranulph is a lovely man, and has a lot of experience at failing to get to the Poles”, said Baron, “he was very generous with his time. We spent over a month together training, by the end of it I almost felt like I knew him, despite him not having a Facebook account.” Baron partly blames Fiennes for her failure, as she heeded his advice to undergo the expedition in Summer. “The 24 hour glare of the Antarctic Summer sun made it almost impossible to see the screen on a smart phone”, complained Baron. “No wonder nobody lives there. After the first day, I’d only covered 60 metres. Having to pitch my tent three times an hour just to try and see if Stephen Fry had tweeted about me was exhausting. And I couldn't even update my status with a frowny face.” Mobile data signals are notoriously weak in the South Pole, but that didn’t stop Baron from fiddling with her phone almost constantly. “I was very keen to tweet my progress, but I never saw more than one bar, all the time I was there”, she confided. “Fortunately, that didn’t stop me from playing Angry Birds.” The record for the youngest expedition to the South Pole was set by Andrew Cooney in 2003, at the tender age of 23. Few think his achievement will ever be bettered. “Cooney set his record almost a year before the launch of Facebook, and a full three years before Twitter”, confirmed Ben Fogle, who completed the inaugural 2009 South Pole Race, with only a full BBC film crew to show off to. “Cooney’s planning was meticulous, he even managed to get out there before MySpace”, enthused Fogle, “It’s hard to understand where he got his motivation from. When we look back at his achievements we can only imagine the hardships he put up with, although he did keep a very detailed diary. I doubt we’ll ever see that sort of attention span again.” Baron hasn’t given up yet, and is planning a second attempt before time runs out. “I really want to do something with my life, something that will make people sit up and take notice, and inspire them to follow me on Twitter”, said Baron, as she distractedly held her mobile above her head, and squinted at it. “The signal in here is rubbish. I’m just going outside, I may be some time.”