North to Alaska trip

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Greg and Clarence left from Abbotsford, BC this morning (july2) for the Alaska Trek. Caught them doing a last minute shop at our local Canadian Tire Store. They should be in Alaska by the end of the week.... We are all very envious of you Alaska Trekers!!!!;p have fun and be safe.... AND keep us poor working folk posted..... thoroughly enjoying reading the blogs...
 
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cessna170b said:
Pretty cool to see Desert Dude and Desert Girl driving in Fairbanks, even in the peltering rain!

Good luck on your trip, and nice rig!!
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Damn was that you? you shoulda stopped us - man it can rain up here...

Blogs coming soon

ACT06 count down...:cool:
 
Howdy from up in Prudhoe bay

my latest blog updates Here


and Kristina's updated blog -HERE


it might be a while on the next ones - hang tight??Next up - the ACT06 Cruiser Trek - a week into the interior of Alaska with the Landcruiser Crew - 7 days of old muddy mining roads and fording rivers - then off to Chicken and the top of the world highway.

PS I included some larger photo pages
 
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Great stuff-Keep it coming this way. I am so jealous I can hardly stand it. Enjoy ACT and save some good stories for a camp fire.
 
awesome blog!
I want to do this!

when you return will you post up a budget, and tips for next time?

keep the pics comin!
 
cessna170b said:
Anyone know where they are going off the Glenn HWY? I'll be in the area end of next week, and it would be cool to see all the cruisers!!!
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If they're going where Mark has been wanting to for the last few years, they'll probably be up the Chistochina River somewhere. It's a little late now though.
 
Eureka Highlands. Eastern side of the Talkeetnas, north of Eureka Roadhouse.

Washed out connections in deep bedrock cuts, waterfalls, "secret" canyons, drinking water quality rivers, hidden vallys, lots of mud, beautiful weather, GREAT people. Moderate carnage, minor field fabrication, Satphone call for repair parts delivered by supercub landing on a mountain top, recovery crew on the way now for disabled rig.

I just got in an hour or so ago. Great trip.


More later.


Mark...
 
Mark W said:
Moderate carnage, minor field fabrication, Satphone call for repair parts delivered by supercub landing on a mountain top, recovery crew on the way now for disabled rig.
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Pretty dull stuff then........;p
 
Advent said:
Sounds like about the same old, same old.

How many trips in a row does this make where you've had to go back for a rig? ;)
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I may be forgetting something, but as far as I can remember I've only left a rig in the field once. Last summer. YOU try recovering a rig that is sunk three feet deep in a clay/silt quicksand pit, 5000 feet up on a ridge top with nothing but a winchless mini to assist.

I drove a rig about 70 miles down the trail once with a broken SF rear axle shaft to get it to the trailhead so it could be trailered 250 miles home.

s*** happens.

One of my friends on a trip with me left a rig overnight once. I've recovered rigs that folks have left when I am not with them in the first place.

In this case by temporarily abandoning one of our own rigs that had split the T/case 50 miles from the road, we were able to continue on with a once in a lifetime trip for the folks who had driven thousands of miles for this run.

Kinda hard to repair something like that without a new T/case. Even harder to tow a rig with this kind of damage another 100 miles. And a spare T/case is not a normal part of trail supplies.





Mark...
 
I lived in Fairbanks for 4 years 92-95. I loved it. How did you like Atigun Pass? Pretty steep eh. The north slope is spectacular. Caribou by the tens of thousands. I wish I were back up there. Thanks for the pics
 
Mark,
Jack didnt split his T-case AGAIN did he?
 
Mark W said:
In this case by temporarily abandoning one of our own rigs that had split the T/case 50 miles from the road, we were able to continue on with a once in a lifetime trip for the folks who had driven thousands of miles for this run. Mark...
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The ease and spirit with which the owner made this choice did not go unnoticed. I thought this attitude was indicative of everyone on the Trek, when s*** happened.

Thanks again for all your work...

gb
 
Mark W said:
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Mark...
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I seem to have ticked you off...Sorry 'bout that. Meant it more as a joke than anything. I'm completely aware of how hard it is to recover and/or fix rigs in the middle of nowhere. Given where you play, it's just more likely that rigs will become seriously mired or broken.
 
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