[Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Buck's a hunter, and he's taken at least one grizzly with a handgun before, 
when he had to.  He didn't have a firearm until he reached his boat on this 
trip, but at least one time I talks about making sure his rifle was within 
reach when he went for his camera.  He's no Treadwell.

Also, Buck has fought fires in Alaska since '81, and knows a little about 
the place.

Sunil


>From: "J Ford" <privatejf32 at hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:10:29 -0700
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>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.
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>J  :]
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>>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
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>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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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
>>> >
>>> >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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