HERE IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE WE TAKE THE HELI-TREKKERS. WE ARE PARKED ON A LEDGE OF AN ICE FALL THAT IS PART OF THE QUESTION MARK GLACIER. LOOK CLOSELY AND YOU CAN SEE THE CRAMPONS THAT THE GUIDE HAS PUT ON THE FEET OF THE HIKERS. CRAMPONS ARE 2 INCH SPIKES THAT ATTACH TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BOOTS SO YOU CAN WALK UP VERY STEEP AND SLIPPERY ICE WITHOUT FALLING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE HELICOPTER, JUST ABOVE THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE WINDSHIELD BUT JUST BELOW THE ROTOR BLADE, WAY IN THE BACK GROUND IS MY SWIMMING HOLE. IT'S ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY.


SAME PLACE DIFFERENT ANGLE...

HERE IS A NICE LITTLE RAINBOW THAT WAS OVER THE HELI-HIKE AREA IN THE YANERT VALLEY. HOW MANY OF YOU KNEW THAT ONE SIDE OF A RAINBOW SHOWS UV LIGHT (ULTRA VIOLET) AND THE OTHER IS IR (INFARED)????
I DIDN'T EITHER....... I JUST HEARD IT IN CLASS THE OTHER DAY. :-)

I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE PUT THIS ONE IN HERE BEFORE OR NOT. THERE IS A FAMOUS BUS OUT AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDRY OF DENALI PARK WHERE MANY PEOPLE WANT TO GO AND IT TAKES ABOUT A DAY TO WALK IT ONE WAY (IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE TRAIL IS AND IF THE RIVERS ARE LOW ENOUGH TO GET ACROSS) SO A GOOD NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE US TAKE THEM OUT HERE. I LANDED IN THE RIVER BED AND WHILE THE PEOPLE WERE CHECKING OUT THE BUS I TOOK A FEW PICS. THIS ONE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES SO I PUT IT ON THE COVER OF ONE OF THE TWO PICTURE CD'S I SELL TO THE TOURIST.


THE PICTURE WITH HELICOPTER WAS KIND OF A SAD DAY WHEN I HAD TO TAKE A YOUNG GIRLS FATHER UP THE HILL AND LAND. THE GIRL AND A COUPLE OF FRIENDS HAD GONE FOR A WALK UP HERE AND THE GIRL DIDN'T WANT TO GO ANY FARTHER BUT HER FRIENDS KEPT PUSHING HER TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE. SHE ENDED UP SLIPPING AND FALLING TO HER DEATH ABOUT 50 TO 60 FEET, ON TO THE ROCKS BELOW. NEEDLESS TO SAY HER FRIENDS FELT PRETTY CRUMMY FOR TAKING HER SO FAR UP THERE.













DENALI FROM THE EAST













A LITTLE BIT OF TERMINATION DUST IN THE TEKLINIKI RIVER

Hello every one,
Sorry it's been so long since I've been here, I was in Texas, now I've just arrived in Phoenix. I was not able to connect in Texas, the server was down. So I will get you some pics tomorrow, as I am going to bed now.

THIS IS THE DICK CREEK WATER FALL AND ONE OF MY CO WORKERS FLYING BY. THE WATER FALL IS STILL PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEM. THE OTHER PIC IS OF A MOULON ON WHAT WE CALL ICE FALL ONE, WHICH IS OFF OF THE YANERT GLACIER. YOU CAN TELL BY COMPARING THE HOLE AND HELICOTER THAT THESE MOULONS GET PRETTY BIG. I OFTEN THROW ROCKS INTO THESE TO SHOW THE TOURIST HOW FAR DOWN BEFORE THE FIRST TURN(THESE ARE LIKE BIG WORM HOLES, THEY TWIST AND TURN AND SPLIT INTO MANY DIFFERENT RIVERS UNDER GROUND. THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T OFTEN FIND THE BODY OF PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO THESE.) THE ROCK SOMETIMES WILL GO FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE YOU CAN HEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE CRASHING, THEN YOU MAY HEAR SEVERAL SECONDS OF CRASHING BEFORE IT STOPS AGAIN.

ANOTHER MOULON.

HERE IS A NOTHER PICTURE OF MY SWIMMING HOLE. WHEN I WOULD GO SWIMMING I WOULD PARK THE HELICOPTER WHERE I AM STANDING NOW. I JUST PARKED THE HELICOPTER WAY UP ON THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN FOR THE PICS

HELLO W------>

HERE IS A PICTURE OF MT. MCKINLEY FROM MT. DEBORAH WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE MISTRESS TO MT. MCKINLEY. IT'S 110 MILES FROM PEAK TO PEAK. YOU CAN SEE THE LAYER OF SMOKE FROM ALL OF THE FOREST FIRES THAT WERE ALL AROUND US LAST YEAR.

HERE IS THE QUESTION MARK GLACIER. SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO FIND IT. I'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH NO END IN SITE.