In between

Between November 2007 and now, time has passed quickly and step by step I got more informed about what we would do. The expedition will be a trip by foot from the 89th degree up to the 90th, somewhere March-April 2010. I will have to prepare intensively and train for that, both mentally and physically, gather and save money - it's an expensive thing - and I will have to leave my two kids behind for three weeks. I will encounter aggressive polar bears, face cold temperatures up to -45 degrees C, possibly swim in ice cold water, but somehow at this point I cannot imagine what that will be. In the meantime I also met some of my fellow "expeditionists" - although the group is not officialized - and it's a diversity of people. Only one thing that appears a bit awkward: I'm the only female in the group! The only concern I have is that it makes me a bit insecure. How come that only men want to do this? OK, they are all 40-ers, but I refuse to link this to the so called midlife crisis where an average male goes through around this age. I'm really wondering why no other woman can be found for such an adventure... Maybe I'm just too ambitious.