In an affecting statement, William and Harry said they had “lost a friend” who would abide “a antecedent of inspiration” to them.
Former SAS administrator Henry Worsley, 55, whose exploits accept aloft added than £100,000 for Prince William’s alms the Endeavour Fund, was aggravating to charm the adventure of arctic charlatan Sir Ernest Shackleton by traversing the Antarctic on foot, unsupported. His ballsy campaign had already taken him through the South Pole and he had been biking for over 70 days. He was just 30 afar abbreviate of his ambition if he succumbed to an astute bacterial infection.
Unable to leave his tent, he alone his mission and summoned emergency assistance. He was airlifted to hospital in Chile, but died bygone afternoon.
In a agitating audio bulletin recorded on Friday, announcement the end of the challenge, Worsley said, “I accept alleged for a aces up, and acclimate depending it will be actuality today. I will fly about six hours to Union Glacier and the aboriginal affair I will do is get a balmy cup of tea and accept some cake.
"Over the advancing canicule I will accumulate you adapted as I can circadian of my movements, and if I accumulate my thoughts I will column a final message.”
The Duke of Cambridge, who was angel of the expedition, said in a statement: “Harry and I are actual sad to apprehend of the accident of Henry Worsley. He was a man who showed abundant adventuresomeness and assurance and we are abundantly appreciative to be associated with him.
“Even afterwards backward from the Army, Henry connected to appearance affectionate charge to his adolescent servicemen and women, by adventure this amazing Shackleton Solo campaign on their behalf.
“We accept absent a friend, but he will abide a antecedent of afflatus to us all, abnormally those who will account from his abutment to the Endeavour Fund. We will now accomplish abiding that his ancestors accept the abutment they charge at this awfully difficult time.”
Worsley was a brood of Frank Worsley, the captain of Shackleton’s address the Endurance, and was authoritative the bridge to mark the 100th ceremony of the Endurance expedition, which took abode in 1915- 1916. It concluded in adversity if the address was ashamed in ice, and Shackleton and 5 others fabricated an 800-mile accessible baiter adventure to South Georgia, bridge the island on bottom to accession the alarm, afore abiding to accomplishment those still stranded, a amazing 22 months later.
Today Worsley’s wife Joanna said in a statement: “It is with crestfallen anguish I let you apperceive that my husband, Henry Worsley, has died afterward complete agency failure.
“Henry accomplished his Shackleton Solo goals: of adopting over £100,000 for the Endeavour Fund, to advice his blood-soaked colleagues, and so about commutual the aboriginal bottomless bridge of the Antarctic landmass.
“A bridge made, beneath awfully difficult acclimate conditions, to mark the 100th ceremony of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance campaign - his constant hero.
“On account of myself and family, I ambition to acknowledge the abounding hundreds of you who accept apparent absolute abutment to Henry throughout his adventuresome final claiming and abundant generosity to the Endeavour Fund. Donations now absolute over £106,773.”
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