Ya know, I could SWEAR I either replied to your earlier post, on the environmental discourse rant, or sent an email .. i see now the reply isn’t posted, so it’s long gone, or sitting in your junk email folder.

I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to ignore you at all.

Yeah, I remember you folks – you were hiking with Paul, correct?

This last summer was a mixed bag for trips, with the fires and the weather in August – I scored pretty well, considering, and our trips were mostly pretty nice. I hope the weather held for your trip there. When were you there?

I’m actually planning on running a spring ski/snowshoe trip next year in the park -probably stay in a cabin or something and do day trips, I think. The winter is an amazing time there.

I think ‘bottled water’ should just be ‘water’, myself – those darn bottles are a mess.

Thanks again, I’ll email this to you as well.

Cheers

Carl

Nice post! Just a week ago, I was watching the “wolf moon” rise over Lake Huron from outside of a cabin on the Straits of Mackinaw in Northern Michigan. It was a still night, and the moon seemed to be the only thing that was moving. I can only imagine what winter is like in the interior of Alaska. One of these days, I’m hoping to find out.
On another note, I think I may have crossed paths with you a few years back. In July of 2005, on a cold, windy and rainy day, I was hiking with my guide in the Skolai Pass area. On our way back to the airstrip area, we encountered a group of backpackers headed up toward Chitistone Pass. I recall that the person who appeared to be leading the group had what seemed to be an “Aussie” accent. Could it have been you?
Had the good fortune to visit the Wrangell St. Elias area with my son last summer. In addition to hiking on the Root Glacier, and rafting on the Chitistone and Nizina Rivers, we were able to spend a couple of days in the Glacier Creek area. Wonderful trip! Maybe next time, we’ll book a trip with you.
I love your photography, and I very much enjoy reading your blogs. I commented on your blog about trash in Georgia a while back as well. One thing that makes me proud to live in Michigan is the fact that we are the only state that has a ten cent deposit on all carbonated beverage containers. I think it should be a national law, and I also think it should apply especially to bottled water. (Sorry, just had to get my “Ya-ya’s” out!)
Anyway, keep up the good work. Maybe our paths will cross again some day.

Thanks for sharing!