backpacking

Daily Image: Out of the forest

Out of the forest

Daily Image: Flowers at Dolly Sods, WV

flowers at Dolly Sods, WV

Alaskan Wilderness Trip 2007

The following account provides the detail behind the trip that I took with my wife to Alaska, most notably to that part of Alaska which is still wild and largely untouched by human hands: Lake Clark National Park. The most notable thing about Lake Clark is a little watched PBS special which relied heavily on film shot by a long-time naturalist and survivalist Dick Proenneke who had built a cabin by himself on the Twin Lakes north of Lake Clark and lived alone for 30 years. We had no idea about all the heritage of this National Park when we left Ohio, but now that we have experienced this area of Alaska for ourselves it is much easier to understand why people sometimes never leave their vacation to Alaska. It is an amazingly beautiful place, and certainly one of the best kept secrets about the United States. Now, on with the show...

Alaska 6/13/07: Arrival Day

The Appalachian Trail Trip

This is an account of the funniest, most disastrous, and crazy learning experience that I have ever had on a wilderness trip. Unlike the previous trips that my close friends and I had taken as a group, we decided to plan and organize this one all by ourselves. That was a big mistake in thinking. Not only did we not fully understand how to organize a wilderness trip, we hadn't even been backpacking in nearly 7 years. In fact, myself and a couple of others had never been backpacking, only canoeing. And worst of all, I proclaimed myself the leader since I was the focal point and main contact for everyone else who was to go on the ill-fated expedition. The following events are told to the best of my recollection, so if anyone that went on this trip has anything to add or subtract from my writings, please let me know. Here goes...

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