Kluane Lake, YT, Canada - RV, biker & cyclists heaven
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Prologue – Peru, September 2005, Jon Slade ‘blog e-mail’ to home…
Firstly, an overlooked incident from the time of my last missive, whilst on mountaineering “manoeuvres” (no Jon, you are not and never have been in the army, Cub Scouts yes) in the Peruvian Andes. We’d been warned about thefts in our particular valley (Ishinca) and on the basis that we made up the only two tents in the whole area had become particularly vigilent, or so we thought.
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Filed in: Alaska South, Travel | admin | July 12, 2009 | Comments (3)
Tags: Adam, Alaska, Beaver Creek, border, Burwash Landing, Canada, Cottonwood RV, Fairbanks, Heat, Jacky, Kluane, Lion, Moose, North Pole, Rain, Tim, USA, Ward, Whitehorse, Yukon
Ooh look at 'im with 'is arty stuff - who does 'e think 'e is? David bleedin' Bailey?!
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So, the 27th of May 2009, a hotel room in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA on the Arctic Ocean Coast, 250 miles INSIDE the Arctic Circle, 240 miles south by mostly dirt road to the next Service Station (Coldfoot) and potential re-supply. Between here and there is the ‘North Slope’ of Arctic tundra, the 4,700 foot Atigun Pass, snow-bound and avalanche prone. Oh, and some bears. And after those 240 miles services are sporadic for the next 260. And I’m GOING TO DO IT BY BICYCLE! Alone. WHAT!?
The bike, Charles, is in a box and needs to be rebuilt by me in the hotel room. I’ll need to wild camp on the tundra / mountains / valleys, carry 2 weeks worth of food. At this time of year (spring) temperatures can still go below -10c. And then there are the infamous arctic winds.
If there is such a thing as being ‘out of ones comfort zone’ then I know for an absolute fact that I’m out of it about 10 times over. I think the phrase is ‘I’m bricking it’. I can’t remember when I was last so, well, scared.
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Filed in: Alaska South, Travel | admin | June 11, 2009 | Comments (8)
Tags: Alaska, Atigun Pass, Brooks Range, Coldfoot, Fairbanks, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Jon, Prudhoe Bay, Start, Wiseman
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Well, phew, I’m here, Alaska. Fairbanks. Check out ‘Where am I‘ option at Sladeride.com to see my latest location (uses a GPS tracker thingy seeing as I’m a bit of a wayward child and need to be monitored!). I fly to Prudhoe Bay (‘the top’) with the bike on the 27th…
Leaving the UK was of course hard and … Read more »
