Visitor Comments

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# SENDING LOTS OF WARM AND ENCOURAGING THOUGHTS

Hi Ben,

Just wanted to let you know that everyone here in our office in Richmond is thinking of you, marvelling at your achievements (awesome) and willing you on with plenty of positive vibes and encouragement.

Because so many people have you in their thoughts and prayers there will never be a moment when someone is not thinking for you. Just hold that in your heart when you're feeling low and thinking this challenge seems insurmountable. We know you can do it.

Warm thoughts and good wishes
Sylvie

By Sylvie Burbidge on Friday, 26 March - 11:53 am -0800

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# Dedication well deserved

Mark Elders is well worthy of a mention Ben as he's been championing your expedition to anyone and everyone that will listen - hence why my day now revolves around reading your latest dispatch. Keep up the good work and you'll have to pop into Legend and tell us all about it when you've finished.

By Katy on Monday, 22 March - 09:39 am -0800

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# Keep it UP!

We are still following your progress every day. What you are teaching about persevera
nce is awesome! Technology repairwork in the arctic circle, more groundbreaking adventure. Keep it up. You Rock!

By Brad Donovan on Monday, 22 March - 06:01 am -0800

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# Wow!

Very impressed with your progress and with your web site - very slick indeed, especially the daily updates from the frozen north. Actually, you make it sound like so much fun, you'll soon run into Arctic tourists, no doubt. All the best.

By Peter Blenk on Sunday, 21 March - 07:42 pm -0800

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# What have you been listening to lately?

Hi Ben! You're doing a great job! Thank you so much for the dispatches...thinking about you and the other brave expeditioners out there, quite often. Wishing you nothing but the best of everything. Hopefully you'll be leaving the rubble ice behind soon and make some good headway. What's on the mp3 player tonight? :-) Wishing you a great Sunday! -- Nikki

By Nikki on Sunday, 21 March - 05:41 pm -0800

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# good luck

Ben good luck to you on your journey. Keep warm and my thoughts and prayers are with you. You are very brave to do something like this. Hope you make it to where you are going, soon. GOOD LUCK!!

By julie on Sunday, 21 March - 02:46 pm -0800

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# Thank you for inviting us into your (temporary) home...

You will soon have 10% of your travel distance behind you. I hope that you have more favorable winds and better travel surface for the rest of your jorney. Someday, you will be telling your children and grandchildren about your adventures.

Looks like you cook freeze-dried food. Is that as good as food that hasn't had the moisture removed from it? I need to buy some and see how it works.

Take care and know that many are praying for you and the rest who share your journey.

By Maria, KG4JBJ on Sunday, 21 March - 02:13 pm -0800

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# Another day with you...

Sorry you had such a bad day but we all really do appreciate how descriptive you are in sharing it with us - gives me a chill to the bone though!

Sending yet another angel your way to keep you safe another day - press on!

By Debi on Sunday, 21 March - 06:06 am -0800

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# Going to England soon

Ben You are an admiration to us all. Keep the big picture in mind. Chicken curry is one of my favorites too.Hope it's warmer for your sleeeping tonight. My previous post I said I'd pray for you daily and I have begun. My word is hanging on my faithfulness. I will be over in England in two weeks to visit friends down in Plymouth Devon area. Any one there you want me to relay any personal message?? Exchange rate is bad now, but got tickets last year. later

By victor young on Sunday, 21 March - 04:42 am -0800

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# Hi Brave Ben

Just want you to know that you are on the minds of so many. You are never alone and on the minds of so many. Just draw on the strengths God has given you. Remember with God all things are possible. When the going gets tough He will carry you.

By Jeanette on Sunday, 21 March - 04:16 am -0800

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# NEVER QUIT

When the going gets tough,
the tough gets going.
You are definitely that!
Keep your eyes fixed on the finish line,
and keep running the race...
So many of us out here are with you,
pulling and praying for you.
I am so very proud of you and really
do hope to meet you some day.
You are an inspiration to so many...
I am taking a writing course and
told my class this week that I have
begun a list of people I want to meet
and have my picture taken with.
YOU ARE ON THE TOP OF MY LIST!
Continued success,
Emma Fontenot

By Emma Fontenot on Sunday, 21 March - 03:05 am -0800

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# hello from alaska

ben - mighty work you've accomplished! i pray the weather and ice are smooth tomorrow.
brian

By brian on Sunday, 21 March - 01:12 am -0800

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# wow

How you keep going is a mystery to me. Keep it up.

By George Fudge on Saturday, 20 March - 11:25 pm -0800

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# Good Show Mate..

Hi Ben, From one Englishman to another, Good Show Mate. You really have got some determination and I follow your progress like clockwork. I check on you before I check my email for the day! Hope your chicken curry was tasty. ( I can't get that here in Wisconsin) Everyone here is complaining about the snow and ice and I just have to chuckle as I think how your weather is! It's spring but our snow and ice will disappear in no time (unlike yours). As they say here in the States..."Have a good day" Take care and God Speed....Dave

By Dave on Saturday, 20 March - 11:23 pm -0800

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# Soon you will pick up the rhythm

Ben:
Perhaps as you proceed further, you will find better navigation. Getting past the new ice(?) that flies around and then builds up must really, really be tough. Little-steps-for-now. Soon you will be able to pick up the rhythm (flow, force, power).
I'm sending my best thoughts for lots of good traveling conditions tomorrow.
Three cheers for that wonderful determination, it will pay off for you.
Cissy,
Texas

By Cissy on Saturday, 20 March - 08:19 pm -0800

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# Determination

Your determination against all odds is awesome. You are a living legend. Many of us can learn a lot from you, meaning myself (of course). In another email 'bob' said he was going to use you as a role model for his 4 year old son ... I am a grandmother, Ive been around for a while, but I am still learning, I think I can use a role model too. On the days I think that I'm having 'a bad day', I'm going to think of you and tell myself 'would you like to trade places with him?' ... my insignificant trials pale in comparison.

Keep up the good work, we at watching you and following you via cyber space.

By Eileen on Saturday, 20 March - 08:01 pm -0800

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# Sharing some sunshine

Great going Ben, wish I could share some of the
75 degree weather in Arkansas with you. You
are an inspiration in that you are doing something
many of us can only dream about, but through your
efforts and your reports we can partially live it with
you. Keep up the good work.....H.W.

By H.W. Temple on Saturday, 20 March - 07:56 pm -0800

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# Mr Perseverence

Total admiration for you. After you didn't quite get there on your first trip it would have been easy to give up & stay at your Mums watching daytime tv. You've certainly got guts. Good luck. We're all thinking of you. By the way do you talk to yourself at all or just play air guitar ?

By Sheila on Saturday, 20 March - 06:04 pm -0800

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# hi,Ben

why dident u anwser my quistion? any way were are you tring to make it to?well good luck! and keep warm

By TREVER on Saturday, 20 March - 04:56 pm -0800

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# A Picture of a Thousand Words

Hi, Ben
Noticed in your statistics, terrain effect, as travel time increased and daily distance, fell alittle. However, perserverance prevailed, and bedding down for a hot meal must be either a pleasure or a lot of work, at the end of the day. May the force be with you, Jedi!
-Scot
San Luis Obispo, Ca.

By Scot Morrison on Saturday, 20 March - 03:53 pm -0800

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# Greetings from South Dakota

Best wishes for your health and safety and for the successful completion of your trip. I live in the Black Hills of SD where it is just Spring. We have only a bit of snow in the yard where it drifted in deeper. The birds returned this week, robins, blackbirds, geese, ducks and bluebirds. This is the time when eagles return to the open water although we have not seen any yet. I am driving to Minnesota this next week to make maple syrup. The sap is starting to flow. Best wishes- Mark S.

By Mark S. on Saturday, 20 March - 03:49 pm -0800

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# The Ice Man

Hi Ben,

Sounds like you had a tough day. But at least you are another 3.4nm closer to your goal? I can't believe that you are only 26 years old. You have accomplished so much in your life already. I'll be using you as a role model for my 4 year old son some day. you have incredible determination.

By Bob on Saturday, 20 March - 03:33 pm -0800