Well said!  Yes, mother nature is the strongest player here, (and she's becoming increasingly pissed off ;-), so we don't always get what we expect, and we have to roll with it.

It seemed misleading to say there was complete transparency with the effort. I guess I was thrown off to look at the tracker and not see all the data from the journey. I'm not trying to downplay the intricacies and challenges of embarking on a trip… read more »

Hey Buzz, thanks for explaining your rationale. That's fine if the Olsons don't want to share their tracking data. My only point is that it's misleading for you to say it's been transparent to the endurance community, or whatever trivial portion of… read more »

UPDATE 5:50PM MDT:  We have been informed they didn't like their own out-back plan, so Timothy is on his way to the Northern Terminus in spite of the risks.  He is expected to finish around Midnight PDT, which would be 16 hours ahead of the existing… read more »

It's fine if you disagree with what they are doing and that we are approving their effort, but pardon me, there was nothing "misleading" about my post - I communicated our thinking on this topic clearly.   And yes, we fully agree with you - dealing… read more »