Friday, 11 March 2011

Searching for an ideal location! Alta, Norway.

Sunny weather here near Alta, minus 6 degrees this morning but we enjoyed a wonderful windless day! Below, Aldo Kaine setting up to drill for bolting.


Daz Phillips abseiling down one of our potential locations.

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Northern lights, Alta, Norway


Aldo, Daz, Dex, Scott and I had a spectacular drive to Alta tonight.

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Good weather day at Reisa

Darrell , Dr Ross Anderson and Jonny Yuill rigging for filming today.

The blue team discussing tactics.

Monday, 7 March 2011

Back here in Reisa, Norway

The guys riding along on their skidoo!

An ace day, skidoo driving then lots of snow shoeing with pulks and big loads of ropes and rigging gear, but have the challenge set up for tomorrow, so all is well. Expecting a busy day filming and looking after safety!
Jonny resting after digging out the bolts we place a few days ago!

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Fjord Swim

Had a busy and exciting day yesterday with the fjord swim. Some really strong winds in the morning with lots of fresh snow fall, but it cleared up in the afternoon to give a good settled conditions for the challenge. Jonny, one of our safety team trialed the swim and exceeded all expectations by swimming out to the buoy in a very good time.
Aldo posing with shovels!

Friday, 4 March 2011

Mean while in Norway

Stormy weather with a high avalanche risk, reviewed contingency plans and closed roads is making our teams safety work rather interesting, but still the cameras roll! Its hard work but also fun!
An off camera moment with Brooke, check out http://www.benkinsella.org.uk/ and get involved now.

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Tent Platforms

Camping in Norway requires a lot of digging to find a solid platform for ones tent. Here are some of our safety team preparing a tent platform so that our celebs can see how its all done...
Left to right, SA, Jonny Yuill, Aldo Kaine, Jay Edwards and Scott Hardiment!