Soldiers To Summits Blog

It might be a little too much nostalgia or a longing to return to the ice but I am sitting in Keflavik airport amongst new friends waiting to board our return flight to London.  The pulks are gone, the skis, bindings, team kit, and harnesses the same.  Our Helly Hansen gear has also left and [...]

It’s our last night in Iceland. We have sent off all our kit and just finished watching a couple of films made by the guides on their different expeditions. All this got me thinking. I have found out some life altering news and with the culmination of this trip and the looming cut that is [...]

Our South Pole Allied Challenge Team is currently in Iceland where they are training for their November South Pole Expedition.  Here is the email update from the field: Dear all, Comms are a little tricky for us from Iceland as the hamster which winds up the wifi in the lodge is rather busy. Apologies for [...]

Wild winds blowing at 45 mph, and temperatures of minus 20 degrees battered our vehicles as we first arrived at a glacier in western Iceland.  We headed upwind on our first day of training to gain some acclimatization to blizzard like conditions, while practicing movement with our sleds. While normally if the weather was as [...]

After all the preparations and thought that has gone into this selection, the time has finally come. Yesterday I landed in London and reality has set, we are off and running. I am extremely excited about this opportunity, not just for my own personal reasons (the challenge, experience, and sheer curiosity) but also because I [...]

Click here to read an awesome article about our veterans who were training in Grand Lake this past month for their South Pole excursion coming up at the end of this year.

Soldiers to Summits is proud to be the US coordinator for the Walking With The Wounded South Pole Allied Challenge (SPAC).  At the end of this year our team of injured service members along with another team from England and one from Canada/Australia will be racing to the South Pole.  To prepare, we spent last weekend [...]

Now that the 2012 Cotopaxi program is complete, we’ve collected all the action including videos and photos from the last year right here. Who are these people? Learn about the team. First time visitor? Learn about this program and what we’re all about. This program would not happen without the generous support of sponsors and [...]

OIA Press Release Industry Heroes Honored at 2013 Outdoor Inspiration Awards Presented by adidas Outdoor For Immediate Release Salt Lake Cty, Utah, Jan 24, 2013 – Industry Heroes Honored at 2013 Outdoor Inspiration Awards Presented by adidas Outdoor Mountaineering Legend Fred Beckey Presented with Lifetime Achievement Award Salt Lake City, Utah – Jan. 24, 2013 [...]

Matt sent S2S these words a week after returning from his attempt on 19,347 foot Cotopaxi in Ecuador. Screaming, with a calm smile – by Matt Burgess I called for help, but you couldn’t hear Can you not see, beneath my anger, turmoil, and smiling face, is simply fear, I miss what I perceive as lost [...]