[Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Thanks, Ellen.

Early in the summer Buck sent out an email letting folks know he would be on 
this adventure.  I didn't get around to checking on it until last night, and 
now I wish I'd looked earlier.

Buck handles charging grizzly bears better than I would.

Sunil


>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443 at hotmail.com>
>To: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:18:57 -0700
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>Thank you for sharing, Sunil.  I found this to be a most pleasant way to 
>spend a morning with a good cup of coffee!
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>This is worth checking out, folks.  Very few of us will ever have the 
>opportunity to experience this in person.
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>Ellen A. Roskovich
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>From:  "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
>To:  vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject:  [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska
>Date:  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:33:54 -0700
> >Here's a link to my friend Bruce 'Buck' Nelson's trip across Alaska last
> >summer.
> >
> >http://www.bucktrack.com/Alaska_Brooks_Range_Traverse.html
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> >If you actually look this page up, I suggest you scroll to the bottom, as
> >the earliest entries are at the bottom of the page.
> >
> >With the help of a friend, Buck dropped food caches along the way, then
> >started near the Canadian border, on foot.  He hiked over 600 miles and
> >canoed another 400 miles along the Noatak River, out to Kotzebue.
> >
> >His friend Melanie updated the web page for him; they
>kept in touch with a
> >satellite phone, and he'd leave his coordinates and messages on her
> >answering machine, or they'd sometimes talk.
> >
> >Given how difficult it is to walk a hundred yards on tussocks, to walk 
>over
> >ten miles a day, every day, is amazing.  Then there's having to cross
> >streams and rivers...
> >
> >Enjoy!  His pictures from the trip are also on the page.
> >
> >Sunil
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