Mr McNeill, 43, who also planted a flag for Cancer Research UK in memory of his father-in-law said there was not one cross word during their 28-day trek across the ice, before being picked up by an aircraft and whisked back to base camp.
Although Ginn founded the group in 1976 and was its lone original member throughout its original incarnation, Black Flag became such a revolving door that any of the other musicians involved have a stake in its memory, legacy, and reunion.