Imagine working in a public school where everything is regimented to the sound of a bell blaring every hour, then imagine that you are helping to keep this regimen going. Then watch this video and think how I feel being stuck inside concrete blocks and florescent lights! I'm thinking, how'd I end up here?

God, I gotta get out to Alaska some how!

Some of the best times of my life have been those I spent in the Brooks Range, also some of the worst. I definitely have a love, hate relationship with Alaska. The most thrilling and exciting flying I have done was in the mountains of Alaska. Incredible jagged peaks carved by glaciers extending for miles and miles posed for my camera as my plane danced around them. I was filled with a joy that can not be explained, just to be there. I have also never been more miserable during 69 below zero temperatures in the North Pole winter and then being the dinner plate for millions of mosquitoes that blackened the clear sky in the summer. Once you have been to Alaska, however, you never really leave. Alaska is constantly calling to me, making it impossible for me to be completely content wherever I am. Somehow, I have to return, probably to be tortured with agony that awaits, but also to be filled with euphoria, joy, and the incredible thrill of experiencing the magical beauty that is Alaska.

Great find! What a well done video, damn. I've added it to Video collections > Alaska

That guy made me laugh when he said "there's nothing like carrying a gun to the airport..." I felt the same way the times I've flown commercially with my guns, just waiting for the SWAT team to take me down as I walked into the terminal.

Looks like a fantastic trip!! Alaska is an addiction.....I just crave it!

Must say though that not bringing more dry bags and some waders on a float trip was just asking for trouble. Looks like they had the weather on their side thankfully.

Well done vid.

I go up to West Yellowstone (town of) once a year or so, and check in at the IMAX theater. When watching ALASKA, much of it is OK, but I'm pretty jaded living here in Idaho and am hard to impress. BUT, a few scenes are jaw dropping, and they are, I believe, shots of the Brooks Range. I put up with living down here by reminding myself the gas and the beer are a lot cheaper then up there. Seriously

courierguy wrote:I go up to West Yellowstone (town of) once a year or so, and check in at the IMAX theater. When watching ALASKA, much of it is OK, but I'm pretty jaded living here in Idaho and am hard to impress. BUT, a few scenes are jaw dropping, and they are, I believe, shots of the Brooks Range. I put up with living down here by reminding myself the gas and the beer are a lot cheaper then up there. Seriously

True story.

HOWEVER

We're still REALLY bummed about having to move back to the lower 48. I told Amy today that I'll probably be scheming to move back up here for the next few decades...

In the 3 years I lived in Alaska, I saw virtually every place there was to see between Fairbanks and Homer, mostly traveling in the motorhome with Wife 1 and the kids. I also had the opportunity to see Shemya at the end of the Aleutian chain and Barrow at the far north, courtesy Uncle. During the last few months there when I learned to fly, I saw it from a different but altogether wonderful perspective. It does get into your blood--I'd love to get back there. I'm sure Anchorage and environs have changed a lot in the 40 years since I've been gone, but the rest of it is timeless.

Cary

What's wonderful video. Extremely well made, and awesome scenery!! I tell you, living in Central America, Alaska is another world. Been there, and I agree, Alaska calls me all the time. My biggest dream is to go fly Alaska. never done that on my own. That video sure makes me want to drop everything and go ... now!

“Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain

I don't think these brothers will regret much.

Glidergeek wrote:“Life is short, break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that made you smile. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Mark Twain

I don't think these brothers will regret much.

Between that and the video, it's not helping my urge to go to Alaska. Or maybe it is helping?