ALASKA EXPEDITION 2009 PHOTOS AND TRIP R EPORT PAGE

“It was an awesome trip Rob. Ill have my pics together and up along with a trip report hopefuly by sunday.”

“Some of my pics from the actual backpacking trip:

Tumble Creek near sunset.


We ultimately could not cross this glacial stream. It doesn't look big but the flow rate was amazing. Being that it is glacier fed, you cannot tell how deep it is.


First full day was above tree line. It was rock scramble all day.


Last camp.




Snow did get down to our level one day. The locals call this "Termnation Dust" meaning that the summer is ending.




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“awesome!!!!! What were those 3 old geezers doind out there though?LOL

'32oz”

“A gorgeous sky on morning two. Jackstraw can be seen in motion.


The Tumble Creek "Bypass". We got cliffed in while following Tumble Creek and had to climb out.


First view of Tumble Creek on day 3. Notice the clear snow-fed creek on the right as opposed to the silty water from the glacial stream.
For scale, if you look closely you can see some of our group down near the creek. Look for blue dots on the right third.....


Looking back at the "Bypass" on day 4.


Duanehiker, Jackstraw, and Fridge look over at the "three lakes" we had considered hiking by.


End of day 2 in the rain.


Good morning Alaska on the morning of day 3.


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“Me on the morning of day three. You can see the SPOT unit on top of my pack.




First flower as we descended.


Da Fridge was often told to "go fly a kite"....


A few from my glacier cruise...
Sea Lions






Glacial Calving.


Humback whale


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“Hey Chin, what are you using to "process" some of those photos?”

“WOWEE WOW WOW WOW!!! Those pics are AWESOME!!!! Thanks for sharing. And thanks now I have to go to Alaska!!”

“Yep, HPM's been kind of pushing to organize an Alaska trip for us. I don't know when that would be, since he plans on hiking us around parts of Yellowstone next summer.”

“�Hey Chin, what are you using to "process" some of those photos?�

Using a method called HDR. It allows for multiple exposures to he combined into one image to more accurately see what the human eye can process. Without it areas would be under or over-exposed.”

“Yellowstone is on my list too. Since I missed my trip there in 2002.

Pray this campground sells, then I'll be free to hike, hike, hike!”

“Thanks for the photos David, awesome.”

“Yo Chin....very nice pics man, thanks for sharing. Damn nice shots.
DUB....e mail me that group pic!”

“great photos! i envy you the experience. not sure i could get that close to those mountains and not climb something... thanks for sharing your experience. glad fridge didn't get anyone killed! ;) lol!”

“They are all lucky to have survived Fridge.

How did those geezers git there?”

“Looks like another awesome trip Fridge.....

Really enjoying the pics..HDR?... they really pop. Nice work.”

“The geezers were leading the way I'll have you know. Helps to jog a little too and live/work above 4000'.”

““They are all lucky to have survived Fridge."

MarkO
6:11:35 AM
8/24/09

LMAO. So you've backpacked with Fridge before eh?”

“Yo Fridge, you want the group photo with the names and text or a plain one?”

“Those are great. Nice shots, Dub. Really liked "Lurking Mountains" and the boulder riverbed shot of your last camp. Just stellar. Alaska looks amazing. The water looks silty as hell. Did you guys have filter issues?”

“Filters? That's old technology, we used Steripens and drank the gray water, haha.”

“Swimming Hole


Angry Gods


Storms Brewing


Tumble 2


Sunset
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“Break Time


My Bird Friend


Scree (Can you find Fridge and Chin?)


Ride Home


Golden Glaciers


Sleeping Mountains
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“Stranded


Campsite Mountains














These things were funny


Pug


Old Homeless Guy


Pesky Bird


Duane


Geezer Break


Almost Geezers Break
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“Dub send me one with names...Thanks.”

“““They are all lucky to have survived Fridge."

MarkO
6:11:35 AM
8/24/09

LMAO. So you've backpacked with Fridge before eh?”
Dub
1:41:49 PM
8/24/09

Yessur!

It looks like you guys ran into Santa Claus.”

“Fridge, I'll send it tonight, it will be a huge file. If you're gonna get it printed make sure you take it to a professional printer and not Target so the colors come out correctly, otherwise it might look a lil odd printed.”

“Dub, you are hell on a dialup connection. ;-)”

“They still make dialup?”

“Yep, that's all many rural areas have.

BTW: very nice pictures
last edited: 8/25/09 11:21:51 AM”

“Even our bush pilot had high speed internet and he didn't have electric and was 43 miles from the nearest paved road, 60 from the nearest town, they have to fly to the grocery store its so far ;-)”

“and front yard is a run way”

“Great photos - I love the B&W shot of Fridge :)”

“Sending it now Fridge, 7.4mb”

“Thanks Dub”

“Jackstraw!! Where are your pics? The ones already posted are absolutely stunning, but I know yours will tell their own stories--I want to hear them!”

“Yea what about the Alaska BUSH club too....what about that!!!”

“Here they are. Sorry it took so long. Its a #&%!$load.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/574356522QfVdaM”

“Real nice pics JS!”

“One cool cat


http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2423978380079930146MAYxRc?vhost=outdoors”

“Hey Dub...I won't be able to go to the Polar Bar anymore ya thunk.....That woman you tried to fight and her young boy friend is gonna kick some arse.....I ain't buying you no more drinks.....Good thing I saved you that early morning hu...”

“Why no one talking about that lap dance one of those down under boyz got.....!!!”

“and what about that PERFECT Bartender.....you know ....come on guys letem know all about it.....Tell those stories.....”

“You mean Goldie? the distance swimmer who winters in Hawaii? Ya know I was about three pitchers in when the dissagreement occurred. I don't even remember what it was about.”

“Hell I remember......Dub called that ole woman something I will not repeat, and her BO steps in and I said okay DUB lets go now and I believe you also caught on and was making your way to the door.
And GOLDIE.....wow was she a....”

“Here's how it all went down. I was in my dorm room reading the Bible when Fridge and Jackstraw burst into my room and grab my arms and drag me down to the truck. I ask where we are going and Fridge says "The Great Alaskan Bush Company." I innocently believed it was Alaska's version of REI. Once I discovered it was not I refused to enter such a place full of evil temptresses. They held me down in the parking lot and forced me to drink coke from a bottle, they didn't stop pouring it down my throat until half of the bottle was empty. I then realized it was evil Jack Daniels Old Whiskey No. 7. All I had in my wallet was Bible tracts, so Fridge gave me all of the money from poor innocent Duane's wallet, which happened to be all in dollar bills. From that point I don't remember much of what happened but I couldn't have had a good time because I woke up in the dorm broke, Bible closed, and a headache.”

“BTW, I was gettin' ready to whoop that cougars' man cub's ass, all 180lbs of him. Good thing Fridge dragged me out of the bar, otherwise that poor kid could have got hurt.”

“LMAO.....sound exactly like it happened too.
What about the Lap dance?”

“okay Dub...you've done it now buster....Calm Spirits has just read your version of the story and ask me what passage in the Bible was you reading? She also just hit me over the head....”

“Just tell 'm how you had to drive around yhe A B co.twenty minutes cuz some people just refused to leave.”

“Great pictures guys!

A caption or two would be nice. ;-)”