All posts tagged backpack

Great White North

arcticbench

Its Saturday morning, sometime around 4. Across the room, next to an empty beehive sits a backpack with 4 changes of clothes, one tripod and camera, 3 new moleskines and 4 new fine point sharpies. Last night I bought two more copies of Denis Learys’ book to give away, I love giving away books…..you should [...]

Tuesday

Melakwa 2010

SummerFeed

I rebuilt the feed section on the right for the new Season, Summer. Check it out, explore the feeds and learn something new. Here is the lineup: *My Blip jukebox *PSKiteboarders forum *NW Bro Weather *Dank Squad *WTA Hikers *Henry Rollins *Mike Vallely *Warren Ellis *Ino *Shipwreck Honey (Shout out to NWR: The second your [...]

Back on Deck

Resuming normal broadcast now. What would happen if you lost your job, paid your life up for the Summer, sealed it up nice and tight and then spent 3 months walking in the Wilderness? I wonder what thats like. I reckon I would walk North. North always feels better somehow. Theres alot of hippies out [...]

Notes from the Moleskin:

**Ski season is wrapping up early this year and even though the signs have been here for a long time, none of us are ready, least of all me. Cherry blossoms are blowing up the city and for some reason I still get a shock when I see them; watching the slow death of Winter [...]

How to eat berries in the Wilderness

you need to always watch your ass, for Beavers. Goodnight, Bastards. (Stay the hell away from my berries.)

A Post

    ive been sunk in Call of Juarez since Sunday, in between watching Spaghetti Westerns and Deadwood, while mounting bindings to snowboards and eating way to many chuckwagon homemade fajitas, baby carrots and toast, washed down with vodka and a sneaky Autumn cigarette. The wind has been blowing like hell, the booze has been [...]

Spectacle Lake 2k8

This was the final trip of 2k8 and one that had been on my list for over a year, I saved it for the last b/c I knew the area was so dramatic and I wanted to savor the end of season. I dropped in from Roslyn Wa on the Pete Lake trail, which doubles [...]

Rampart Lakes 2k8

This was at the end of August in 2k8, a solo trek spanning lakes Lila and Rachel in an overnight attempt at Ramparts, easily one of the most beautiful of areas in the Alpine lakes Wilderness. I had a bear come through camp in the night, endured terrible temperatures and high winds that brought storm [...]

Melakwa Lake solo 2k8

This is the Melakwa Lake set, 2k8 This was an exceptional trip for me, I originally planned on overnighting at Kaleetan but the river crossing was so severe at the time that I decided against it. Along the way back  from Kaleetan I met Lonny and Brad who would later share my camp and tip [...]

Gold Creek Avalanche 2k8

This is the Gold Creek Avalanche Set. This happened a few years back and is visible from miles away. If you look closely at the series you can see the sheer force of the avalanche as it sweeps down into the valley and up the opposing hillside. This closed access to Alaska Lake and as [...]