Tuesday, March 21, 2006

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














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