Today in Anchorage

[Aquagal]

LOL, that's Trapper Creek, now.

See, it was all rumors and speculation.

 

[MissMDS]

How many hours have you spent in Talkeetna?

Not many, but it was in Feb or March and I couldn't see over snow banks. I've only been up that way in the winter so I'm pretty confident I could hack it. Alaska Airlines flies to warmer destinations should I need a break.

 

[thør]

See, it was all rumors and speculation.

Rumors and speculation can be fun.

 

[thør]

Not many, but it was in Feb or March and I couldn't see over snow banks. I've only been up that way in the winter so I'm pretty confident I could hack it. Alaska Airlines flies to warmer destinations should I need a break.

It's hard to get B&B clients in winter in Talkeetna. It's easy to take $$ from the tourists in summer.

 

[MissMDS]

It's hard to get B&B clients in winter in Talkeetna. It's easy to take $$ from the tourists in summer.

Oh, I know. Summer would pay off, winter is for rest and fun.

 

[thør]

Oh, I know. Summer would pay off, winter is for rest and fun.

Sled over the river to Angela's place for awesome pizza.

 

[thør]

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Wildflowers near Portage.

 

[Aquagal]

Stunning.

 

[thør]

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2013/07/26/17/20/hpSU.AuSt.7.JPG

Girls on ice, Eagle Glacier, that is.

 

[Saint Peter]

Stunning.

 

[thør]

Stunning.

You're both wearing glasses, have you considered showing a tit?

 

[thør]

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2013/07/26/17/23/12QG4Z.AuSt.7.JPG

Stunting

 

[Saint Peter]

You're both wearing glasses, have you considered showing a tit?

I have not.

 

[thør]

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More girls on ice......

 

[thør]

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[thør]

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Closer to Talkeetna than Anchorage.

 

[thør]

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[Aquagal]

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[thør]

http://media.adn.com/smedia/2013/07/29/14/51/1bVNgq.AuSt.7.JPG

 

[thør]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQYc49-CUAA7QBX.jpg

 

[thør]

http://lucmehl.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_9361_2013amwc.jpg?w=950&h=396


Bushwacking nightmare brings Alaska wilderness race tough guys to their knees.

While Americans were this summer gathered around their TV sets watching a phony “reality" show about a made-up race across Alaska that the New York Times called "too contrived to be truly compelling,'' there was a truly compelling survival race underway in the 49th state.

The TV show that failed to impress Times critic Neil Genzlinger is called "Ultimate Survival: Alaska." The real ultimate survival Alaska is called the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic.

It has simple, Alaska rules: Start at Point A. Go 150 miles across the wilderness to Point B. If you can't make it, find a way to save yourself. If you die, don't blame us; we warned you.

Luc Mehl, a Wilderness Classic veteran and the organizer of this year's event, pretty much summed up the difficultly of the current course for the race in two sentences: "There were 13 participants for the 2013 Wilderness Classic. None of the finishers from 2012 returned this year."

The full story is in the above link.

 

[thør]

Alaska Mountain Wilderness Race carnage:

http://lucmehl.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_9377_2013amwc.jpg

http://lucmehl.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_9375_2013amwc.jpg



Nicer pic of the wilderness and the men, here.

 

[Aquagal]

http://lucmehl.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_9361_2013amwc.jpg?w=950&h=396


Bushwacking nightmare brings Alaska wilderness race tough guys to their knees.

While Americans were this summer gathered around their TV sets watching a phony “reality" show about a made-up race across Alaska that the New York Times called "too contrived to be truly compelling,'' there was a truly compelling survival race underway in the 49th state.

The TV show that failed to impress Times critic Neil Genzlinger is called "Ultimate Survival: Alaska." The real ultimate survival Alaska is called the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic.

It has simple, Alaska rules: Start at Point A. Go 150 miles across the wilderness to Point B. If you can't make it, find a way to save yourself. If you die, don't blame us; we warned you.

Luc Mehl, a Wilderness Classic veteran and the organizer of this year's event, pretty much summed up the difficultly of the current course for the race in two sentences: "There were 13 participants for the 2013 Wilderness Classic. None of the finishers from 2012 returned this year."

The full story is in the above link.

Good read. Devil's Club is aptly named.

 

[Aquagal]

Alaska Mountain Wilderness Race carnage:

http://lucmehl.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/img_9377_2013amwc.jpg

That's just gross, his feet are rotting.

 

[thør]

Good read. Devil's Club is aptly named.

A close second to cholla cactus.