Mark W
Yep, it's true. I just don't care that much.
Well, the time has come. Still working on a few details, but it's time for me to pull the trigger and make the anouncement. I'm posting this on the LCML and also on MUD in the Events section to make sure that everyone has a chance to see it.
The Alaska Cruiser Trek 2006 is gonna happen. A few have been chatting about it a little bit and there have been a couple references to it on the List. I've got an "Offical" anouncment coming out in the November/December Trails which is about to show up in people's mailboxes.
For those who have inquired and been told to "be patient", here's a little info.
The Trek will happen 8 July though 14 July. We'll be leaving the road on the 8th and retunring to the road on the 14th. We will be moving over to the Eastern side of the Talkeetna Mountains this year, instead of wandering along the southern edge of the Alaska Range as we did in 2002 and 2003. Peter Straub, Bruce Lowen and some of the other folks who came up in 2001 have seen a little bit of this area with us. We'll be seeing some wooded lowlands, alpine tundra highlands, gravel river bottoms, deep rover crossings, steep hill climbs, muddy bogs, rocky mountain tops, waterfalls, beaver ponds , probably some caribou, maybe some bear, and hopefully no other people.
As usual the Trek is not designed to be an all out hardcore run. But it is NOT a couple of days running fire roads and ranch roads either. Think of it as a mix of very hardcore sight seeing and "almost wilderness" expediationing.
If some of the guys who have been up with us before want to pop up and offer their take(s) on the Treks in 2001, 2002 and 2003 that might be more enlightening than my opinions. More appropriate frame of reference. Stuff I think not worth mentioning may seem more important to folks who haven't played in our type of environment. And stuff that I think is noteworthy may seem ho-hum to others.
Anyway, I'll just invite anyone who has any questions about the Trek or the journey up to toss them out and I'll toss back some answers.
Mark...
The Alaska Cruiser Trek 2006 is gonna happen. A few have been chatting about it a little bit and there have been a couple references to it on the List. I've got an "Offical" anouncment coming out in the November/December Trails which is about to show up in people's mailboxes.
For those who have inquired and been told to "be patient", here's a little info.
The Trek will happen 8 July though 14 July. We'll be leaving the road on the 8th and retunring to the road on the 14th. We will be moving over to the Eastern side of the Talkeetna Mountains this year, instead of wandering along the southern edge of the Alaska Range as we did in 2002 and 2003. Peter Straub, Bruce Lowen and some of the other folks who came up in 2001 have seen a little bit of this area with us. We'll be seeing some wooded lowlands, alpine tundra highlands, gravel river bottoms, deep rover crossings, steep hill climbs, muddy bogs, rocky mountain tops, waterfalls, beaver ponds , probably some caribou, maybe some bear, and hopefully no other people.
As usual the Trek is not designed to be an all out hardcore run. But it is NOT a couple of days running fire roads and ranch roads either. Think of it as a mix of very hardcore sight seeing and "almost wilderness" expediationing.
If some of the guys who have been up with us before want to pop up and offer their take(s) on the Treks in 2001, 2002 and 2003 that might be more enlightening than my opinions. More appropriate frame of reference. Stuff I think not worth mentioning may seem more important to folks who haven't played in our type of environment. And stuff that I think is noteworthy may seem ho-hum to others.
Anyway, I'll just invite anyone who has any questions about the Trek or the journey up to toss them out and I'll toss back some answers.
Mark...