Behind 30 kilometers a day

2021.10.22 Daily Update Day 313

Amundsen was the first explorer to reach the South Pole. Scott, who competed with Amundsen at the same time, after arriving at the South Pole, Unfortunately he died on the return journey.

Wang Xing of Meituan also promoted Amundsen’s “30 kilometers a day” strategy in the company.

Amundsen said, "Adventure is just bad planning." Adventure is just bad planning.

Behind Amundsen's insistence on the "30 kilometers a day" strategy is Amundsen's full preparation for all details:

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- Bring enough dry food. A team of five people has prepared three tons of supplies.

- To avoid sepsis, prepare jars of blueberries.

- Brought three thousand books, phonographs and records to keep him in good spirits.

- Hand-select every crew member. Don't be superstitious about experience, as long as you have special talents or traits.

- Choose the best sled dogs.

- The sled is made of special wood, with a steel base and an extra length to prevent the ice from entering.

- Using sealskin as the outer shell, the specially designed snow boots are the result of nearly two years of testing and optimization.

- The tent is also specially designed.

- Set up multiple supply points to allow expedition members to travel lightly.

- Reduce the accompanying supplies of personnel and carry more sled dogs.

- Organize a variety of shipboard activities, design many strange tasks, improve boots, upgrade cooking equipment, and make goggles. Everyone gets along with each other happily.

- No matter the weather is good or bad, the travel speed is 30 kilometers per day.

- Set off at extremely dark night, rest during the day, and head towards the direction of the sun to avoid snow blindness.

- Starting from 80 degrees south latitude, a food warehouse is built every 100 kilometers, which contains seal meat, butter, kerosene, matches and other necessities. The warehouse is made of ice and snow to form a hill. Put another Norwegian flag. In this way, the location of the warehouse can be found far away in the vast snow.

This is the legendary detail that determines success or failure

? Compared with Amundsen's preparation, it is easy to understand why Scott became a tragedy.

Scott’s 17-person team only prepared one ton of supplies, using Siberian ponies and a small number of sled dogs to carry the supplies. When the weather was good, they walked fifty or sixty kilometers a day. When the weather was bad, they walked 50 to 60 kilometers a day. When the time comes, just stay in the tent. Scott set out a few months earlier than Amundsen, but reached the South Pole more than a month later than Amundsen. He died on the return trip due to lack of preparation and encountering bad weather.

Later someone said that Amundsen succeeded because he encountered good luck. He replied: "The most important factor is how prepared you are for the expedition. You must foresee possible difficulties and encounter the difficulties." How to deal with it or how to avoid it. Success awaits those who are well organized - people call this good luck. For those who cannot foresee difficulties and respond promptly, failure is inevitable - people call this bad luck.

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