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<P><STRONG>Read, then judge. Sounds to me like Buck had his duckies all lined up beforehand. Plus, he wasn't a newbie at this.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Ellen A. Roskovich</STRONG><BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>"J Ford" <privatejf32@hotmail.com></I><BR>To: <I>vision2020@moscow.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:10:29 -0700</I><BR>>As long as he does not pull a "Timothy Treadwell", this should be <BR>>interesting. THAT guy was an idiot. Sorry, my opinion. He set <BR>>himself as a "god of the Grizzly" and got himself killed over it. <BR>>Its nice to do what you can for nature, but the thought "nature IS <BR>>nature" needs to be foremost in the thought process of anyone going <BR>>into the Alaska WILDerness and carry with them the highest respect <BR>>it is due.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>J :]<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>>From: "Sunil Ramalingam"
<sunilramalingam@hotmail.com><BR>>>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska<BR>>>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:26:29 -0700<BR>>><BR>>>Thanks, Ellen.<BR>>><BR>>>Early in the summer Buck sent out an email letting folks know he <BR>>>would be on this adventure. I didn't get around to checking on it <BR>>>until last night, and now I wish I'd looked earlier.<BR>>><BR>>>Buck handles charging grizzly bears better than I would.<BR>>><BR>>>Sunil<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>>From: "Ellen Roskovich" <gussie443@hotmail.com><BR>>>>To: sunilramalingam@hotmail.com, vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska<BR>>>>Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:18:57
-0700<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>>Thank you for sharing, Sunil. I found this to be a most pleasant <BR>>>>way to spend a morning with a good cup of coffee!<BR>>>><BR>>>>This is worth checking out, folks. Very few of us will ever have <BR>>>>the opportunity to experience this in person.<BR>>>><BR>>>>Ellen A. Roskovich<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>>From: "Sunil Ramalingam" <sunilramalingam@hotmail.com><BR>>>>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>>>>Subject: [Vision2020] Buck's trip across Alaska<BR>>>>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:33:54 -0700<BR>>>> >Here's a link to my friend Bruce 'Buck' Nelson's trip across
<BR>>>>Alaska last<BR>>>> >summer.<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >http://www.bucktrack.com/Alaska_Brooks_Range_Traverse.html<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >If you actually look this page up, I suggest you scroll to the <BR>>>>bottom, as<BR>>>> >the earliest entries are at the bottom of the page.<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >With the help of a friend, Buck dropped food caches along the <BR>>>>way, then<BR>>>> >started near the Canadian border, on foot. He hiked over 600 <BR>>>>miles and<BR>>>> >canoed another 400 miles along the Noatak River, out to <BR>>>>Kotzebue.<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >His friend Melanie updated the web page for him; they<BR>>>>kept in touch with a<BR>>>> >satellite phone, and he'd leave his
coordinates and messages on <BR>>>>her<BR>>>> >answering machine, or they'd sometimes talk.<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >Given how difficult it is to walk a hundred yards on tussocks, <BR>>>>to walk over<BR>>>> >ten miles a day, every day, is amazing. Then there's having to <BR>>>>cross<BR>>>> >streams and rivers...<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >Enjoy! His pictures from the trip are also on the page.<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >Sunil<BR>>>> ><BR>>>> ><BR>>>> >=======================================================<BR>>>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>>>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<BR>>>>
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