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Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

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Tue Jun 01, 2010 10:43 pm

Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

http://vimeo.com/channels/backcountrypilot#8005547

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Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:20 am

Re: Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

Nice! =D>
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 6:48 am

Re: Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

Awesome video Zane!
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 7:07 am

Re: Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

Interesting.
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:46 am

Re: Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

Ah yessss. Alaskan ingenuity. You do what you have to do in the backcountry. With those small wheels, he probably also swapped out wheel-skis as well.
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Wed Jun 02, 2010 3:06 pm

Re: Swap wheels for floats, the real Alaskan way

Cool. I think the chick must be related to Greg Swingle. Looks like a hand-stand I saw up on Mile Hi??
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