[Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska
J Ford
privatejf32 at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 27 12:16:45 PDT 2006
No offense, but neither was Treadwell a "newbie" - he just totally forgot
the Number One Rule in Alaska - Bears are REAL and it THEIR RULES!
Buck sounds like he is taking the correct precautions. Still and all, it is
a rare year that someone does not get hurt because they let their guard down
just for a moment. That's all it takes.
And I am not judging...just been there, done that and it ain't no fun having
1000-2000lbs of angry at your back door! There are several people in Moscow
from Alaska and I am sure they would all back me up on that.
That's all I'm saying about that.
J :]
>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443 at hotmail.com>
>To: privatejf32 at hotmail.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska
>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:26:14 -0700
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>Read, then judge. Sounds to me like Buck had his duckies all lined up
>beforehand. Plus, he wasn't a newbie at this.
>
>Ellen A. Roskovich
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>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
> >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
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> >>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
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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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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