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Assault on Wolverine

woke-up, packed my gear, kitted-up in the Lifa, and then read, and cooked lunch. At lunch I was informed the hiking wolverine takes 3h in the summer, and will take me 5h today. So with 4h to hike, I was told to wait for tomorrow, so I left. But of course forgot ‘my’ trekking poles, since I didn’t put spikes in my shoes, I figured poles would be smart. (more…)

People keep asking if I will be coming back to Alaska. I really appreciate the beauty, and the cool things that you can do with mountains. I don’t have a return date on the calender, but I’m planning on riding from Quesnel up to the Arctic Sea in the spring.
I have started my Alaska Departure routine. Which includes returning the items I’ve ‘rented’ to WalMart (Hair Clippers, having created ‘Belgian MoHawk’ another one of my uniquely horrible hairstyles, etc) and arranged one last pot-luck. (more…)

Is what you see on every car as soon as you step foot in Alaska. Essentially, it’s your waver, tread here at your own peril.

I think that I am getting a little soft in my older age, rife with accrued wisdom.

Aside from providing some ski paths, a little snow removal, and hosting a sled-dog race the local government, and area doesn’t provide much in the line of entertainment venues. Sure there are plenty of bars, but essentially for an Alaskan. Recreation is stomping off into the wilderness and more often than not, hurting yourself. (more…)

It looks like 2007 is shaping up to be a busy one as I’m planning (but not limited to): train for the Olympic nordic ski team, climb Denali, bike tour South America , guide in Italy, race bicycles, bicycle tour to the Arctic, race Idita Sport, build a house, build a canoe, go on a longggg canoe trip…

Last weekend I just skied, and saw 7 more moose. Which is what you’ve gotta do up here in the AK.

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OK, back to my de-plane-ing, almost a week ago now.

It’s 11pm, but there is still a fair amount of light out, simply because there is waist deep snow almost everywhere, including fairly deep stuff on the roads, which reflects the street lights up, which in turn are bounced down off the clouds. (more…)

Surly ‘Nice Rack’ Front.

Adjustably is good. The rack came out of true, but it’s cromoly so I was able to bend it straight. It’s also very heavy. It’s a really cool looking rack, beefy, and can hold much more than most front racks (70lb rating) and you can strap things on top of it.

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