[Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska

[J Ford]

As long as he does not pull a "Timothy Treadwell", this should be 
interesting.  THAT guy was an idiot.  Sorry, my opinion.  He set himself as 
a "god of the Grizzly" and got himself killed over it.  Its nice to do what 
you can for nature, but the thought "nature IS nature" needs to be foremost 
in the thought process of anyone going into the Alaska WILDerness and carry 
with them the highest respect it is due.



J  :]





>From: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam at hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:26:29 -0700
>
>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!
>>
>>This is worth checking out, folks.  Very few of us will ever have the 
>>opportunity to experience this in person.
>>
>>Ellen A. Roskovich
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>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
>> >
>> >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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