For winter sport enthusiasts and hikers alike, a goal only a few accomplish, involves the will, training and drive to reach the South Pole. This beautiful but strenuous 700-plus mile journey through white-out conditions, limited resources and pulling one's own weight in supplies to survive, is a feat. This winter, Eric Larsen will try to defy the odds and beat the expedition's current World Record of 24 days. As profiled in a recent Colorado Sun article, litigation attorney Doug Tumminello knows far too well the obstacles ahead for this type of adventure and is quoted in this article about the treacherous trek and his own quest to make it to the South Pole.
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