NOTE: This is a guest post written by Marty Fagan (husband of Chris Fagan) A Look Back In August of 2016 we were able to positively confirm via a lung biopsy that I (Marty Fagan) had stage IV [...]
In a Covid-19 environment, it’s always great to hear some positive news to brighten the day. Have you seen John Krasinski’s Some Good News videos? Check them out here – they’ll make you smile. My [...]
Today, women adventurers challenge boundaries and redefine what it means to be bold and brave in the wild. They test limits of mind and body, demonstrate resilience, and live authentic lives [...]
The following guest post is written by my husband, Marty Fagan. It was January 1, 2016, at about 7 am, and I had just run to the top of Little Si. Little Si was my go-to; it was how I measured my [...]
This morning I woke my son up at 7:00am to go to school. While he wiped sleep from his eyes, down the road about a mile from home, a car slammed head on into a school bus full of middle [...]
Our family just returned from a two-week vacation rafting through the Grand Canyon. The majestic river, desert hiking, and unplugged atmosphere were superb. When asked about his trip, my [...]
It was one year ago today that Marty and I departed for Antarctica to embark on our 2013 expedition to the South Pole. Since returning home we’ve spent luxurious amounts of quality time with our [...]
Yes, a rare Marty post! Since our January return from the South Pole, Chris and I have been spending time getting our ultra/trail running bodies back in working condition. While getting ready [...]
This is a final blog in the series about our recent expedition to Antarctica. We were recently contacted by Go Outside Brazil to be part of an article about couples who do adventures together. [...]
This is a continuation of a series of blogs about our recent expedition to Antarctica. We were recently interviewed by Go Outside Brazil to be part of an article about couples who do adventures [...]
This is a continuation of a series of blogs about our recent expedition to Antarctica. We were recently contacted by Go Outside Brazil to be part of an article about couples who do adventures [...]
This is a continuation of a series of blogs about our recent expedition to Antarctica. We were recently contacted by Go Outside Brazil to be part of an article about couples who do adventures [...]
We were recently interviewed by Go Outside Brazil to be part of an article about couples who do adventures together. We’re not sure how much of the information that we sent them will make [...]
We were recently interviewed by Go Outside Brazil to be part of an article about couples who do adventures together. Due to the language barrier (we don’t speak Portuguese) we answered [...]
Since being back for a few months, we’ve enjoyed sharing our story with various schools and organizations. Thanks to those of you who came out to hear us. It has been so much fun seeing old [...]
Some of our followers have been asking for our thoughts about our expedition since we’ve returned home. We’ve enjoyed sharing our experience in presentations with local schools and [...]
The fifth graders at North Bend Elementary School created this video to surprise us while we were in Antarctica. It was loaded onto our iPhone and we didn’t watch it until just before [...]
Evening Magazine featured us when we returned from our expedition to the South Pole. If you don’t see a video below, click here to view. If you don’t want to see closed captions, [...]
Do you live anywhere near Snoqualmie, Washington? If so, we’d like to personally invite you to attend a free public presentation about our recent expedition to the South Pole. Hope to see [...]
Thanks to all of the students who followed along on our journey. We knew kids were following along from St. Joseph School in Snoqualmie, as well as Opsted Elementary and North Bend Elementary in [...]
First married Americans to ski unguided and unsupported to the pole Seattle, Washington, January 18, 2014, 10:00 AM (PST) On the afternoon of January 18, 2014 Chris and Marty Fagan became the [...]
Sorry for the long delay in updating. We’ve been spending our time focusing on Keenan and trying to avoid the computer! We will continue leaving written blogs with updates about our re-entry [...]
(Scroll down to see five new photos.) Translation from voicemail: Hello it’s Chris, Team 3 Below Zero. It is Monday, January 20th. And we thought we would bring you up to speed on the last [...]
We’re at the South Pole! Yes, it’s Day 48 and you may have already heard. We have arrived at the South Pole (10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time). Oh my gosh, today was, was another [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12.1 Total miles traveled: 560.2 Miles to pole 14.5 Elevation: 9293 Translation from voicemail: Hi, this is Chris, Team 3 Below Zero, Day 47. Well, the day [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 13.2 Total miles traveled: 548.1 Miles to pole: 20.4 Elevation: 9208 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hey everybody, Marty and Chris here. I’m gonna talk [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 13.1 Total miles traveled: 536.4 Miles to pole: 39.4 Elevation: 9114 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Chris, Team 3 below zero, Day 45. Well, [...]
Day 44. Google voicemail did not transmit today due to technical difficulties. However, below is a photo that came through today. See below. Chris and Marty continue towards the pole. Hours [...]
Hours traveled: 8.5 Miles traveled: 12.9 Total miles traveled: 510.9 Miles to pole: 58.9 Elevation: 9091 ft. Translation from voicemail: So, Chris here, Team 3belowzero, Day 43. I’m calling [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12.5 Total miles traveled: 498 Miles to pole: 72 Elevation: 9046 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hi Chris here, Team 3belowzero, Day 42. Yes we have been here [...]
Day 40 8.5 hrs, 12 miles, elevation 8990, 97 miles to pole Day 41 8.5 hrs, 12.3 miles, elevation 9022, 84.7 miles to pole Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Chris Day 41, Team [...]
Hello Everyone. Yesterday there was a glitch on the technical side of things that was completely unrelated to the Fagans’ well being. They are fine and the glitch has been fixed, but [...]
Hours traveled: 8.75 Miles traveled: 10.7 Total miles traveled: 471.4 Miles to pole: 109 Elevation: 8730 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hello it’s Chris and Marty, Team 3belowzero, Day 39. [...]
Hours traveled: 10 Miles traveled: 14.3 Total miles traveled: 460.7 Miles to pole: 120 Elevation: 8821 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hey there everybody. Marty and Chris here, Day 38 for us. So [...]
Miles traveled: 12 Total miles traveled: 445.4 Miles to pole: 134 Elevation: 8500 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hi, it’s Chris, Day 37. Well, today turned out to be my tough day. I just [...]
Hours traveled: 10 Miles traveled: 14.5 Total miles traveled: 433.4 Miles to pole: 146 Elevation: 8392 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hello, Team 3belowzero, Day 36. Well, I’m sitting here [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 13 Total miles traveled: 418.9 Miles to pole: 160 Translation from voicemail: Well hello, it’s Chris, Team 3belowzero, Day 35. Well, today all we wanted [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12 Total miles traveled: 405.9 Miles to pole: 173 Elevation: 8000 Translation from voicemail: Hey there, Marty calling in for today’s team 3belowzero voice [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 13 Total miles traveled: 393.9 Miles to pole: 185 Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Chris, Team 3belowzero. It’s Day 33 and when we last [...]
Hours traveled: 6 Miles traveled: 9 Total miles traveled: 380.9 Miles to pole: 197 Elevation: 7292 ft. Translation from voicemail: Team 3belowzero, Marty here doing the voice blog tonight and [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 13 Total miles traveled: 371.9 Miles to pole: 206 Elevation: 7093 ft. Translation from voicemail: Well, Happy New Year. It’s Day 31 here and it’s the [...]
Day 30Hours traveled: 8 Miles traveled: 12 Total miles traveled: 358.9 Miles to pole: 218 Elevation: 6558 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hi, Team 3belowzero, Day 30. Well it was another really [...]
Hours traveled: 8 Miles traveled: 12 Total miles traveled: 346.9 Miles to pole: 230 Elevation: 6221 ft. Translation from voicemail: Well hello, Team 3belowzero, Day 29. Today’s story is all [...]
Day 28 Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 14 Total miles traveled: 334.9 Miles to pole: 242 Elevation: 6088 ft. Translation from voicemail: All right, Team 3belowzero guest host Marty here and it [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 14.5 Total miles traveled: 320.9 Miles to pole: 256 Elevation: 5732 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hello this is team 3belowzero, Day 27. Hey, do you [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12.5 Total miles traveled: 306.4 Miles to pole: 270 Elevation: 5657 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Day 26 here in Antarctica. Well, we went to [...]
Hours traveled: 8.5 Miles traveled: 14 Total miles traveled: 293.9 Miles to pole: 282 Elevation: 5230 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hi, Team 3belowzero here. It’s Day 25 and it’s [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 15 Total miles traveled: 279.9 Miles to the pole: 296 miles Elevation: 5055 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hey there, this is Marty and Chris and we’re [...]
Hours traveled: 8.5 Miles traveled: 13 Total miles traveled: 264.9 Miles to pole: 311 Elevation: 4750 ft Translation from voicemail: Hello, Team 3belowzero, Day 23. Happy Christmas Eve to [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Distance traveled: 15.3 miles Total distance traveled: 251.9 miles Distance to pole: 323 miles Elevation: 4455 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hello Team 3belowzero, Day 22 [...]
Translation from voicemail: Hello it’s Day 21 and Sunday, December 22nd. Yes it’s Sunday usually Marty’s blogging night, but he did some blogging for me yesterday so we [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Distance traveled: 15.1 miles Total distance traveled: 236.6 miles Distance to South Pole: 338 miles Elevation: 4430 feet Translation from voicemail: Hey there, Marty and [...]
Hours traveled: 8 Distance traveled: 12.7 miles Total distance traveled: 221.5 miles Distance to pole: 353 miles Elevation: 4382 feet Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Chris calling [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 14 Total miles traveled: 208.8 Elevation: 4268 feet Translation from voicemail: Hi there everybody, Marty here doing the team 3belowzero voice blogee tonight. [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 14 Total miles traveled: 194.8 Elevation: 4090 feet Translation from voicemail: Hi, its Chris and Marty, Day 17 and thought we’d just walk you through [...]
Day 16Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12.5 Total miles traveled: 180.8 Elevation: 3725 feet Temperature: – 10 F with wind chill. Translation from voicemail: Team 3belowzero, day 16. [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 13.4 Total miles traveled: 168.3 Elevation: 3560 feet Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Chris and Marty calling in on day 15 and today I wanted to [...]
Hours traveled: 9.5 Miles traveled: 13.5 Total miles traveled: 154.9 Elevation: 3535 feet Temperature: 10F We had our best day yet and we crossed south of the 84 degree mark! We will stay on the [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12.6 Total miles traveled: 141.4 Elevation: 3400 feet Translation from voicemail: Hi Chris and Marty here checking in on day 13 from Antarctica, and tonight [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled; 12.5 Total miles traveled: 128.8 Elevation; 3350 ft. Translation from voicemail: Hi, day12, Team 3belowzero checking in. And we had a good day today. We were out [...]
Hours traveled: 9.25 Miles traveled: 13 Total miles traveled: 116.3 Translation from voicemail: Hello, it’s Team 3belowzero, day 11 and we are feeling much more revived than yesterday. We [...]
Hours traveled: 9 Miles traveled: 12.4 Total miles traveled: 103.3 Temperature: 5F Elevation: 2755′ Translation from voicemail: Hi, it’s Team 3belowzero, day ten. And today we had [...]
Hours Traveled: 9 Miles Traveled: 13.1 Total miles traveled: 90.9 Elevation: 2400 feet Translation from voicemail: Hi, this is team 3belowzero, day nine. Well, what a difference a day can make, [...]
Hours traveled: 8 Miles traveled: 10 Total distance covered: 77.8 miles Elevation; 2030 feet Temperature; 0 – 5F Translation from voicemail: Hi, this is Team 3belowzero calling in on day [...]
Hours traveled: 8.5 Miles traveled: 12.1 Total distance covered: 67.8 miles Elevation: 1776 feet Translation from voicemail: Hi everybody this is Marty and Chris, team 3belowzero and yes, [...]
Hours traveled: 8.5 Miles traveled: 12.5 Elevation: 1532 feet Translation from voicemail: It’s day six in Antarctica. This is Chris. Marty is here with me as well. And today I was [...]
Hi, this is Chris again. Sounds like I might have got cut off there. I was just gonna answer a few questions tonight and one of the questions was how you keep stuff organized what I was saying [...]
Hours traveled: 8.25 Miles traveled: 11.2 Distance to pole: 520.8 miles Translation from voicemail: Hi it’s Chris and Marty calling in here from Antarctica. It is day five here Friday, [...]
Hours traveled: 8 hrs and 9.5 miles Distance to pole: 532 miles Translation from voicemail: Hi this is Chris and Marty calling in from Antarctica on day four of our crazy expedition. So we woke [...]
Hours Traveled: 8 hrs and 11.5 miles Distance to pole: 541.5 miles Translation from voice mail: Hi, this is Chris and Marty calling in to give you an update from today. Well, it was another [...]
Team 3belowzero and their first full day towards the pole. Hours traveled: 7 hrs and 8.5 miles Distance to pole: 553 miles Temperature: 20 F Translation from voice message: Hello, It’s [...]
Chris tells us about their first day heading south. Hours traveled: 2.5 Distance to pole: 560 miles Temperature: 18 F Altitude: Sea Level Translation from voice message: Hello, it’s Chris [...]
We were able to capture most of the voice message Marty and Chris left on Saturday, November 30th. They are awaiting their next weather window. They will take a two hour flight to their official [...]
Distance to Pole: 600 miles Temperature: 10F Elevation: 2,297 feet Hi this is Chris calling in from Antarctica. Yes, we finally arrived here. This morning we got on a flight from Punta Arenas [...]
This morning we learned that we are not departing for Antarctica as we are still waiting for our weather window. So Marty and I decided we would like to show you a little about our life in Punta [...]
Today is Tuesday, November 26 in Punta Arenas, Chile. We are still waiting for our weather break to fly out – we’ve been told that Wednesday is a possibility and Thursday looks more likely. The [...]
Today we learned that our plane from Punta Arenas to Antarctica will likely depart on Tuesday or Wednesday. We will be so thankful if we can spend Thanksgiving in Antarctica! I thought I would [...]
Today I find myself sitting in a peaceful, glass room located on top of IIaia hotel, our home away from home while we continue to wait for the weather to break so we can fly to Antarctica. [...]
Preparations are complete. We rest while waiting for a weather window that will allow the plane to depart for ALE basecamp at Union Glacier, Antarctica. Hours Traveled: 0 Todays Mileage: 0 [...]
Preparations continue with salami and cheese chopping. Weather delays give the team more time in Punta Arenas to rest up. Flight to Antarctica pushed up a day or two. Hours Traveled: 0 Todays [...]
Hours Traveled: 0 Today’s Mileage: 0 Distance to Pole: 2554 Temperature: High 46F, Low 33F Altitude: 112 feet Transcription of voice message: Hi this is Chris giving a call in from from [...]
Today Marty and I spent our day organizing our food and gear in a warehouse at an undisclosed location in Punta Arenas, Chile. Why all the secrecy? Because this warehouse holds thousands of [...]
After 19 hours of travel and 3 flights, Marty and I are at our temporary base camp for the day, a café in the Santiago airport. We have 8 hours until our final flight to Punta Arenas. Yesterday [...]
I wish I had more time to write down all that is swirling about my mind as we prepare to leave tomorrow. The last minute hassles, the car repair last week, the broken down dishwasher that is [...]
A lot of people ask us what we’ll eat while in Antarctica. Overall we plan to consume 5400 calories a day, while we’ll burn around 7000-8000 calories. Yes, based on that math, we’re sure to [...]
Hours Traveled: 0 hrs Today’s Mileage: 0 m Distance to Pole: 570 m Temperature: -35 F Altitude: 500 ft This is a final test of our voice blogging system to make sure everything is working [...]
Chris and I spend hours running on the trails together. We use this time to discuss life, dreams, and what expedition tasks still need to be completed. Our main topic as we approach departure [...]
While we are in Antarctica we hope to call in daily voicemail updates that will be posted to our blog. Here’s an example of a voice message that has been transcribed to text: Hi! [...]
It’s 3 month until we leave for our expedition and I’m completely obsessed with finding my lost green jacket. It’s my lightweight Patagonia down hoody that I purchased to wear in the tent at the [...]
We are honored to be featured on King5’s Evening Magazine. We had a lot of fun having Michael King come out to North Bend and interview us. Check out this 4 minute video and let us know [...]
We are often asked how we will travel to Antarctica. The only commercial (non-governmental) service to take you there is Antarctica Logistics and Expeditions (ALE). We will fly from Punta [...]
Mt. Rainier, a northwest icon standing at 14,411, dominates the landscape of Mt. Rainier National Park. While Marty and I have summitted Mt. Rainier a number of times, we gained a new perspective [...]
Our South Pole journey will require tremendous endurance and mental stamina. Luckily our ultra running training and experience gives us a good start. It’s hard to believe that Marty and I have [...]
On January 26th, 2012, Norwegian Aleksander Gamme and Austrailians James Cassistrion and Justin Jones (known as Cas and Jonsey) became the first to walk from the edge of Antarctica to the South [...]
