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Fairbanks – Arctic Village – Cane Creek
1100. Starting weights (body and pack), as weighed in at Wright Air this morning:
The pack weights don’t include a gallon of camping fuel, plus we made a few gear swaps after we disembarked in Arctic Village. Captain “Boots” flew us first to Fort Yukon, dropped off two Continue reading “Notes from the Field: 13 August 2013, Day One”
Unalaska – Anchorage-Fairbanks
Our journey started yesterday with but a minor hiccup – that moment when the pilot told us, “Sorry, folks, you’re going to need to deplane.”
After an hour of sitting in the terminal – the quietest I’ve ever heard it as 17 or so of us sat around and waited for Dr. Jason to pay a PenAir house call -we all got back on board Continue reading “Notes from the Field: 12 August 2013, Day One-1”
I’ve acquired some new gear in preparation for my trek across Wales, among which is a bivy sack. Rather than taking a tent I’ll carry just a lightweight tarp along with the bivy (and sleeping bag and mat, of course) in the event I’m unable to make it to a village or simply cannot find an available bed. I thought …