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Bee,

Please do not take this as an accusation. I am simply pleading with you to examine your own heart. Please ask yourself, “Would I really want to see Dale fail in his mission? I can understand how that you could wish that I would leave you alone and shut down this Website and delete all of the posts that I have posted, but you know as well as I that such thoughts are not realistic. There really is, in essence, two outcomes to this road that you and I are on. Either God truly has sent me on this quest for you, or I am a nut that has an incurable obsession over you. There is no middle ground.

If I am that nut, I will most certainly come to an unpleasant end. I will fail to get anywhere close to Singapore, and my infamy will live on for several years to come. Who knows how long my Website will continue to stay up and running? If anything, my demise would probably spur some popularity for some time to come, before slowly petering out over time.

More than that, has it ever been said that my demise would be to your benefit? I do not believe that you would feel that way, yet perhaps somehow somewhere there have been whispers of that suggestion in the air.

Would it not be better that my quest for you be a genuine command from God? Even if I were to die in my attempt, it would prove that my love for you is a true and a pure love and that I am a true man of integrity. Is it not better to have a true man of integrity bidding for your soul?

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Challenges, Challenges, Nautical / By Dale Trussell / February 14, 2021 / Leave a Comment

A tired black-footed ferret kit yawns for USFWS photographer, Kimberly Tamkun 2012

My dear friend,

I have already established that the starting point will likely be in Singapore, in the summer of 2022. To be more specific, it would be undesirable to depart out of Singapore any later than the end of July 2022. If I left any later, then it would certainly dictate a stay in Tasmania for the winter of 2023. (Winter in Tasmania runs from June to September.) If I leave Singapore in July (or earlier), then I may have a shot at making it all the way to Cabo de Hornos, Chile before the fall of 2023 fully sets in (around May or early June).

That could only happen if everything were to go perfectly. If I were able to average 50 miles (80 km) each travel day, it could be possible. 50 mi/day on the water is achievable when conditions are good, but expectations for perfect weather somewhat diminish the closer one progresses towards Antarctica. By land, that rate of travel is slightly more attainable; however, 50 mi/day on the snow and ice is pure fantasy. Therefore, the overall conditions would need to be especially perfect and consistent, and I would need to be able to maximize my travel days as much as possible.

Therefore, I suspect that I may have to winter in Tasmania (or perhaps in McMurdo, Antarctica) in 2023. Then when the weather improves, I would be able to move forward with my crossing of Antarctica in the summer of 2023/2024. God only knows! The idea of traveling from Singapore to the South Pole to Cabo de Hornos, Chile in a single year is preposterous! Even still, I do not want to limit the arm of the Lord. If it is His will to make it happen, then it will come to pass.

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