Alaska Cruiser Trek 80 Thread

[wngrog]

My tracker doesn't update unless Chris sends me a text from it. What am I doing wrong @fountainhead

 

[fountainhead]

I don't think it's on your side. The online map hasn't been updated since 945 yesterday morning when they were still in Palmer. He must have accidentally turned off the tracking.

 

[fountainhead]

I just tried to manually locate it, and now the map is showing them in Tok. Did your tracker update too?

 

[wngrog]

Nope.

 

[OGBeno]

The Facebook.

That miserable place.

I'll wait for the trip report.

 

[wngrog]

Facebook is awesome.

 

[YotaLance]

That miserable place.

I'll wait for the trip report.

Just make up a name and stalk and watch Cruiser stuff

 

[wngrog]

They are off the grid for 9 days.

I watched about an hour of Tollesons live feed over the last few days. Funny s***.

My ADD could not handle this trip. No how. No way.

I'll update the tracking if WCT sends links.

 

[fountainhead]

Here's a few showing their backtrack south from Tok, where they got off the pavement, and I guess where they camped last night.

 

[fountainhead]

I'll ty to get some screen shots from a computer monitor. The zoom/perspective from the iPhone screen sucks.

 

[OGBeno]

They are in the middle of a river.... Go figure.

 

[MEMCruiser]

Maybe it's still frozen and they are on it.

 

[LDowney]

That miserable place.

I'll wait for the trip report.

If the waiting gets to intense, I can always post up pictures from two years ago. The beauty of the area does not change, but the faces / fun and stories will. It certainly brings back memories and I wish I was on this trip.

 

[fountainhead]

A little better view of their trek since leaving Tok:

And their progress since the last middle of the river stop...around 30 miles if you count some of the out and back stuff:

 

[LDowney]

They might be seeing a fair amount of sights like this as they work their way along the river.
Rain or shine ... it must be great

 

[under_psi]

c'mon with some more pics already.....

 

[fountainhead]

Best I can tell they backtracked a few miles yesterday. I understand the glacier climb at the beginning of yesterday was a no go. One of the AK 80's apparently broke on the climb and a multiple hour repair ensued.

Looks like they camped at the base of the glacier the previous night before backtracking:

 

[LDowney]

The glaciers are impressive. Of the glaciers that we approached in '14, we did not attempt a climb and I don't know how it would be done. The views more than impressed me.

 

[fountainhead]

Looks like they doubled back again yesterday and headed back towards and past the glacier...I can't keep up:

 

[wngrog]

I just got off the phone with JL Roberts Mechanical doing my part to fund this adventure