Expedition in Alaska

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September 11, 2010 Category: Albino Bowler No Comments »

The 10 day Alaskan Expedition was absolutely majestic. The brain can barely take in the scale of everything there. We started with 3 days of sea kayaking thru the Prince William Sound in order to reach the Blackstone Glacier. Each night we stopped and camped and spotted dozens of bald eagles and leopard seals along the way. We even went glacier trekking and ice climbing, sadly they didn’t have crampons that fit me.

Next we went to Denali National Park which encompasses 6.4 million acres. We saw a wolf, grizzly bears, Dall Rams, a fox, Moose and Caribou there. Oh, and we squeezed in a day of white water rafting as well. Man, that water was cold. Our final adventure was the perfect ending to our trip. We took a small plane up to base camp for Mt. McKinley climbers. At over 7,000 ft. the base camp was high enough, but we buzzed the mountain itself at 20,000 ft. After the nearly 60 year old plane landed on the glacier at basecamp we got to spend quite a bit of time playing in the snow. Nothing could have compared us for the vistas we would have in that location. Overall the lack of amenities like showers and toilets, not to mention not being able to wear deodorant much of the time due to the fear of it attracting bears was not an issue at all. Once you see the sites and experience all the nature, you quickly forget about “amenities”. You can see some more photos at http://qberryfarms.com/alaska.