Hi it's Robert Anderson calling with an update from Antarctica 2003. We all flew out in the last couple of days, so we're home safe in the United States. I think our final good luck came with us when we got upgraded to first class as we flew the final leg back into New York City last night.

We'll be having a few photographs that I'm developing today and we'll get those posted on the site and I think some of the things that people just gave you a bit of an idea what they might be like you can really have a look at over the next couple of days. So I'll get those out, so make sure to come back to MountainZone and check those out.

I think we were very lucky with our ascent. I was very much blessed with a very talented and strong team. Bob Guthrie, after getting pretty tired on our first attempt, kind of rallied in the next 24 hours and was really out leading the charge the second time we went up to the top. And Intesar, who got up to the summit plateau the second time and just about turned around, kind of had second thoughts and some good encouragement from Chris Heintz to carry it on up to the top, to make it a hundred percent.

I think even Chris, who mentioned on his first time after our first ascent he was just about ready to look up his Ebay number and sell off his gear, kind of rallied, and by the second time around I don't think you'll be finding him selling any used equipment. He's actually off to Aconcagua the next couple of weeks.

And Peggy. Well, what can I say about Peggy except that she's an absolute powerhouse. The fact that she's climbed five of the seven summits is an incredible achievement and I think just the beginning of what she's going to do in the climbing world in the next couple of years.

So stay tuned and come back in the next couple of days and we'll give you some pictures of what Antarctica really looked like, because we really had a magic time down there. It will be great to share those with you, thanks.

— Robert Anderson, expedition leader and MountainZone.com correspondent