<story><title>Two men are trying to become the first person to cross Antarctica alone</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/sports/antarctica-race.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jshevek</author><text>Hiking and camping in cold weather can be an extremely effective weight loss strategy. If done with good nutrition, enough sleep, proper gear, it can even be a healthy weight loss strategy. I&amp;#x27;m surprised no one seems to ever discuss this, with so much of our culture seemingly obsessed with losing weight.</text></item><item><author>jniedrauer</author><text>The closest I&amp;#x27;ve ever come to getting a glimpse of what these two are going through is a 1100 mile trek through the Appalachian mountains one winter. It was fun, but I don&amp;#x27;t think I ever want to do that again. When the temperature drops below about 0* F, there are only two things you can do: Move, or get in your sleeping bag. After a couple months of 14 hours a day alone in the frigid darkness, you start to lose your sanity a little bit. You start to forget what your body looks like. And when you do get a chance to check yourself when you cross civilization, you look almost unrecognizable from the weight loss.&lt;p&gt;And this is all in the continental United States, a few hours from civilization. It&amp;#x27;s almost incomprehensible to me to do what these two are doing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Erik816</author><text>Our culture is obsessed with talking about or thinking about losing weight, preferably with no discomfort or sacrifices involved. So the exact opposite of actually doing something really hard that will result in losing weight. That doesn&amp;#x27;t sell books.</text></comment>
<story><title>Two men are trying to become the first person to cross Antarctica alone</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/sports/antarctica-race.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jshevek</author><text>Hiking and camping in cold weather can be an extremely effective weight loss strategy. If done with good nutrition, enough sleep, proper gear, it can even be a healthy weight loss strategy. I&amp;#x27;m surprised no one seems to ever discuss this, with so much of our culture seemingly obsessed with losing weight.</text></item><item><author>jniedrauer</author><text>The closest I&amp;#x27;ve ever come to getting a glimpse of what these two are going through is a 1100 mile trek through the Appalachian mountains one winter. It was fun, but I don&amp;#x27;t think I ever want to do that again. When the temperature drops below about 0* F, there are only two things you can do: Move, or get in your sleeping bag. After a couple months of 14 hours a day alone in the frigid darkness, you start to lose your sanity a little bit. You start to forget what your body looks like. And when you do get a chance to check yourself when you cross civilization, you look almost unrecognizable from the weight loss.&lt;p&gt;And this is all in the continental United States, a few hours from civilization. It&amp;#x27;s almost incomprehensible to me to do what these two are doing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xeromal</author><text>Hiking and camping in cold weather requires a certain fortitude that most people don&amp;#x27;t have automatically. It&amp;#x27;s going to take a bit of willpower to subject oneself to cold and misery. haha. It eventually becomes fun though.</text></comment>