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Grandmother Goes Down at the Pole



 
 
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Old December 21st 03, 01:17 AM
BJ
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http://www.falklandnews.com/public/s...2549&source=12
"Following the reception of a distress call early this morning, a
massive search for 63 year-old Jenny Murray and her co-pilot, Colin
Bodil began and culminated in their successful rescue.

It was thought that the pair, who were attempting to be the first
people to fly around the world from pole to pole had ditched in the
icy waters south of the Falkland Islands. Though Mrs. Murray
sustained a broken arm and her co-pilot suffered chest injuries, they
erected a tent in -40C temperatures.

The 63 year old Grandmother and her co-pilot will be flown to Punta
Arenas in Chile for Medical treatment."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1014182.htm
"Helicopter pilot Jennifer Murray, 63, suffered a broken arm, while
co-pilot Colin Bodill, 53, has chest injuries, information sent from
the US Antarctic base of Patriot Hill says, which organised the
rescue".

Hmmm - sic 'em boys.
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Old December 21st 03, 01:57 AM
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BJ wrote:

The 63 year old Grandmother and her co-pilot will be flown to Punta
Arenas in Chile for Medical treatment."


I wonder if the doctors will find hoof prints on her forehead
and incriminating Claus marks on her back.



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Old December 21st 03, 02:41 AM
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:17:31 +1000, BJ wrote:

http://www.falklandnews.com/public/s...2549&source=12
"Following the reception of a distress call early this morning, a
massive search for 63 year-old Jenny Murray and her co-pilot, Colin
Bodil began and culminated in their successful rescue.


I wonder if they ran out of fuel?

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Old December 21st 03, 06:14 AM
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Barry Phease wrote:
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 10:17:31 +1000, BJ wrote:


http://www.falklandnews.com/public/s...2549&source=12
"Following the reception of a distress call early this morning, a
massive search for 63 year-old Jenny Murray and her co-pilot, Colin
Bodil began and culminated in their successful rescue.



I wonder if they ran out of fuel?

Poor planning. **** on'em, I say.

B.S.

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Old December 21st 03, 12:16 PM
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Ben Sego wrote:



Poor planning. **** on'em, I say.


Now now, you'll have the Sheep boy on you for that. Let's just say they
were both heroic adventurers ...ah horse****, damned **** poor planning
indeed.

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Old December 21st 03, 12:17 PM
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It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude). No wonder the folks at McMurdo were so unfriendly to the
Kiwi who dropped in without enough fuel to reach his destination.

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Old December 21st 03, 12:37 PM
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"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude). No wonder the folks at McMurdo were so unfriendly to the
Kiwi who dropped in without enough fuel to reach his destination.


Yes, on the other hand they are there as the guests of the taxpayers, and
shouldn't be treating Antartica as their own personal fiefdom.


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Old December 21st 03, 01:31 PM
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Newsflash!

Plane goes down on an unprecedent flight... nowhere near the South Pole and
not attempting to set a record!!!

Details on the 11 o'clock news.

=D





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Old December 21st 03, 01:31 PM
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Newsflash!

Plane goes down on an unprecedent flight... nowhere near the South Pole and
not attempting to set a record!!!

Details on the 11 o'clock news.

=D






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Old December 21st 03, 02:40 PM
BJ
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 06:17:45 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:

It's getting awfully crowded down there (or up there, in terms of
latitude).


Sure seems to be. In addition to the highly publicised (and
criticised) aviation expeditions there's a host of other unsupported
ground based privateers - more than a dozen I think - mainly ex the
US.

And some officially sanctioned activities are landing in strife with
the very recent drowning of a bunch of Koreans which seems to have
passed without much comment.

"Eight South Koreans, including four scientists working at an
Antarctic research centre, are missing after their boats capsized in
rough weather, Reuters reports.A boat carrying three scientists went
missing on Sunday as they returned to South Korea's polar research
base at King George Island after seeing off 24 colleagues returning to
Seoul. Immediately after the boat capsized, a second vessel carrying
five people left to search for them and suffered the same fate."

 




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