Wednesday 04 March

Awoke to a gale and snow up to the window tops. A relaxed morning writing emails and preparing for the team session.

I was to follow Justin a nutritionist, who covered the latest advice on eating the right foods for the expedition and the level/type of physical and mental preparation required for 60 days down south.I was reminded of our nutrition when we won the Polar Challenge in 2004, fuelled on Curly Wurlys and Pink Shrimps; we lost 30% of our body weight.

The session covered Mission’s model of high performance teamwork. Focusing exclusively on the Culture of the team. This was achieved with the help of the SDI. We covered the SDI curriculum up to conflict. The team were predominantly blue green in make up and had the makings of strong and solidly cohesive team. Borrowing red and green behaviours and defining the performance parameters would be their challenge moving forward.

Meanwhile the storm had been blowing a constant Beaufort 7-8 all day confining all to the Hyter. We were to spend the evening spinning dits ahead of the last session the following day.

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