{"id":1473,"date":"2016-01-04T22:35:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T06:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2016-01-04T22:57:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T06:57:27","slug":"breaking-news-icy-autism-expedition-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=1473","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Icy Autism Expedition Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #339966;\">C<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\">E<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">N<\/span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">D<\/span><\/strong> board member <strong>Paul Nussbaum <\/strong>\u2014\u00a0veteran and leader of the AASCEND Conquering Heights trans-Sierra expedition \u2014 along with a team of eight assembled by autism sports organization <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ascendigo.org\">Ascendigo<\/a><\/span> have embarked on a nine-day ski expedition across the frigid winter desolation of Yellowstone National Park. This grueling excursion is by way of preparation for a planned expedition across the <strong>Greenland ice cap<\/strong> next year, \u00a0<strong>highlighting autistic teamwork and abilities.<\/strong> The team is now hauling sledges heavily laden with supplies and gear, as it will be doing in the Arctic. Meanwhile temperatures on the journey are fated to drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit, approximating Greenland conditions. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Follow their progress<\/strong><\/span> courtesy of expedition member and radioman Douglas Paley at this <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/share.delorme.com\/paleydaily\">interactive map<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(Be sure to zoom in!) Here&#8217;s Paul on earlier expeditions:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1474 alignnone\" title=\"Paul Ski2\" src=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski2-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Nussbaum in ski gear\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski2-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski2.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 300;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-weight: 300;\" href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1475 alignnone\" title=\"Paul Ski\" src=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski-300x154.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Paul-Ski.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AASCEND board member Paul Nussbaum \u2014\u00a0veteran and leader of the AASCEND Conquering Heights trans-Sierra expedition \u2014 along with a team of eight assembled by autism sports organization Ascendigo have embarked on a nine-day ski expedition across the frigid winter desolation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/?p=1473\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}