Teamwork gets Falvey through expedition injury

WHEN Pat Falvey named his 2007 South Pole expedition “Beyond Endurance”, he knew he was not alone.

That’s just as well because, a little more than a week ago, Ireland’s most celebrated adventurer was halted mid-stride by agonising back pain and needed all the help he could get.

True to form, his fellow explorers immediately began carrying his equipment as well as their own, as they continue their struggle to become the first Irish group to reach the South Pole.