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To: Joe Brown who wrote (2698)	1/27/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: Nancy Haft	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

Peter Hillary must be making the press rounds. I heard him interviewed a week or so ago on BBC World News. The clarity was amazing, especially considering it was a broadcast of a tape of the Iridium call. Hillary plugged Iridium several times in the interview I heard.

To: Joe Brown who wrote (2698)	1/27/1999 3:41:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29987

I seem to remember an Uncle Scrooge comic from 40 years ago or thereabouts and they were off adventuring, struggling for days through the jungle or over ocean or something to somewhere in darkest Africa or maybe up a mountain only to find there was already a bunch of people there, having a party and generally well established. A bit like Columbus 'discovering' American, or Abel Tasman 'finding' New Zealand. As Stan Freeberg modestly presented "The United States of America" umpteen years ago. They stumbled across some Indians [native Americans in today's parlance - unlike the rest of you who aren't native Americans...how come there aren't any 'Americans'? They are all African Americans, Native Americans, Italian Americans, Irish Americans - who are freedom fighting for their homeland which they got a glimpse of in Titanic [DeCaprio was Irish I guess - though his name isn't!] by donating money to the criminal IRA to blow up New Zealand children in tourist spots or families in Ireland...confirming that Irish-American jokes are valid commentary on their stupidity....Hang on, I think I'm off track. Oh yes, Stan Freeberg's Columbus 'discovered' the Indians. They said "Wot you meen - you discover us! WE discover you ... right here on the beach..." It must have seemed odd to walk up to the South Pole and there were 100 people living in portable cabins, partying and having a nice time, showers, nice toilets and all that. I'd almost feel silly walking 1000 km in horrible conditions when there is perfectly good transport. But it seems the Iridium connection worked - well, if it didn't at times, they sure weren't telling us. They didn't even have to call from help from the South Pole. Just catch the 10.28am flight back to Scott Base [Business Class probably]. Notice that they didn't re-stock at the South Pole and make the planned return journey - it must all have started to seem pointless. It's hard to be an adventurer when surrounded by cotton wool. The funniest thing - they are crazy enough to cart their poop out of the Antarctic. Imagine a little trail of poops across the Antarctic. Hardly a problem in that umpty gazillion tonnes of pure ice, kilometres thick with more on the way. Talk about political correctness gone mad. I guess Iridium ecofreaks wouldn't buy a handset if they thought there was an Iridium poop in Antarctica. Penguins poop. Blue whales lay Fiat Bambinas! The aircraft flying them out lays 1-nitropyrene and asphaltene particulates all over the place. Life's a giggle... Maurice [Ted Kennedy is Irish-American isn't he? See, rendering him down for rocket fuel would give a great negative opportunity cost]