MackSolo Team Update – Day 120✈️ 🌍
The footage is in of Mack completing the most challenging segment of his epic journey last Saturday! Woohoo again!
Flying approximately 10 hours non-stop over open water from Japan 🇯🇵, he reached #cascocove on #Attu, an island of the #ALEUTIAN archipelago in the #USA 🇺🇸. He was trying to reach the more easterly #Adak island, but instead of the forecasted strong tailwinds, Mack encountered quite strong #headwinds instead 💨. It considerably slowed the progress he'd calculated and increased his fuel burn. As a precautionary measure, he decided to land at his alternate airfield, Attu, before civil twilight fell ✨. Mack knew to expect an abandoned and unmanned U.S. Coast Guard base but was quite excited by the idea, especially as we knew no bears 🐻😬 were roaming about. At first, he even planned a rest day and a second night on the island so he could have a peek around. After all, he is doing an A-level in history and has a particular interest in WWII.
Unfortunately, it rained 🌧 that night - it seems Attu has only about 10 sunny days a year 😂 - and he found himself sleeping on a moth-balled sofa 🛋 in the runway emergency hut 🥴🤣. Mackinson Crusoe was now on an uninhabited island, surrounded only by boarded-up buildings, battle relics, and memorials telling of the immense amount of lost souls to the place, ... Although the scenery was breathtaking 🏔, the fun was quickly out of the impromptu adventure 😬and Mack decided to leave the next day for Shemya for a refuel, followed by #Adak which has slightly 😉 better overnight accommodations 😂.
Yesterday, Mack 🏔 flew to his last stop in the Aleutians: #DutchHarbor - where he could clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection and make his legal and official entry into the US💪. Next, he will be heading for the mainland: #Anchorage, #Alaska.
We tell the story tongue in cheek, but make no mistake the last few legs took an enormous amount of #courage, #dedication, #grit and #resilience in his attempt to fulfill his #dream.
