Saturday, May 27, 2006



HELLO EVERYONE, SORRY I'VE BEEN GONE SO LONG. I'VE BEEN SUPER BUSY AT WORK. I HAVE TO LEAVE THE HOTEL AT 6:00 AM AND I GET OFF WORK AT 6:30 IF THERE ARE NO FLIGHTS, AND IF THERE IS A FLIGHT THEN MY DROP DEAD TIME IS 8:30. THEN I HAVE TO SWAP OUT WITH THE OTHER PILOT, REFUEL, FILL THE MEDICAL OXYGEN, SO BY THE TIME I GET OUT OF THERE I'M PRETTY TIRED. BUT THE WORST DAY'S ARE WHEN YOU JUST SIT AROUND ALL DAY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET THEMSELVES HALF DEAD. BUT ENOUGH OF THAT. WE JUST HAD AN OFFER ON OUR HOUSE IN GALT AND ARE GOING TO ACCEPT IT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL CLOSE NEAR THE END OF JUNE. I THINK WE ARE GOING TO MOVE A WEEK OR SO AFTER THE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL.
THIS PICTURE AT WHICH YOU ARE YOU ARE LOOKING, IS A PICTURE OF A FAMOUS BUS THAT IS OUT ON THE NORTH BORDER OF DENALI PARK. THERE WILL BE A MOVIE OUT IN A YEAR OR SO ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE. SEAN PENN IS GOING TO BE IN THIS MOVIE ABOUT A KID WHO DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH HIS DAD AND ENDED UP DYING HERE OF STARVATION. THE POSE I AM DOING IS THE SAME POSE THE KID DID. THE HUNTER WHO FOUND HIM CALLED THE LAW AND THE LAW CALLED ERA,(WHERE I USED TO WORK) AND ONE OF THE PILOTS I FLEW WITH WENT OUT AND PICKED HIM UP. IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE BUS TODAY, ALL OF HIS STUFF IS STILL THERE. SUITCASE, CLOSE, BOOTS, AND ALL OF THE REST OF HIS JUNK. OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE OUT THERE HAVE MADE A SCHRINE. (KIND OF CREEPY) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS BOOK IT'S CALLED "INTO THE WILD".

Wednesday, May 10, 2006


HERE IS A THIS IS ME PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN BY THE PARK SERVICE GEOLIGIST. WHAT YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE WINDOW IS THE WEST BOWL OF THE TRELIKA, ONE OF THREE BIG GLACIERS THAT MAKE UP THE MULDROW GLACIER. THE WALL OF ROCKS ABOVE THE GLACIER IS THE EAST SIDE OF MT. MCKINKEY, WE ARE 10,800' IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALTIMITER, JUST BEARLY OVER HALF WAY UP TO THE TOP. THE SECOND PICTURE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT ME IN THE WAY. I HAD JUST PASSED OVER THE SILVERTHROWN COLE 10,200' AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO SURVEY KAHILTNA GLACIER(ONLY 45 MILES LONG). THAT IS THE GLACIER THAT THE BASE CAMPS ARE ON FOR ONE OF THE MOST CLIMED ROUTES.

Sunday, May 07, 2006


TO ALL WHO WROTE, THANK YOU FOR CHECKING OUT MY BLOG, I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THESE PHOTOS WITH YOU ALL BECAUSE IT WAS A PRETTY MAJOR PART OF MY LIFE. I'M JUST SORRY I DON'T HAVE TIME TO PUT SOMETHING ON HERE EVERY DAY. I HOPE TO GET BACK UP THERE AGAIN SOME DAY.
OVER THE LAST WEEK SUSAN AND I WORKED OUR TAILS OFF AND GOT OUR HOUSE READY TO PUT ON THE MARKET. IT SHOULD BE ON THE MLS ON MONDAY I HOPE. WE PUT AN OFFER ON A HOUSE IN PRESCOTT AZ. AND THE OFFER WAS ACCEPTED, SO WE WILL BE MOVING OUT NEAR THE END OF JUNE. THE KIDS SCHOOL WILL START EARLY COMPARED TO CALIFORNIA, THEY START IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF AUGUST.
WELL HERE I AM MESSING AROUND ON A PINGO, TRYING TO KEEP MY BALANCE WHILE THE TWO OTHER PILOTS WERE THROWING SNOW BALLS AT ME. A PINGO LOOKS LIKE A BIG CONE OF DIRT BUT IT IS ACTUALLY A VERY THIN LAYER OF SAND COVERING A CONE OF ICE. HOW IT GOT THERE IS, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A RIVER ON TOP OF THE GLACIER AND THE WATER AS HEADS DOWN THE HILL, IT CLEANS ALL OF THE SAND AND DIRT OFF THE TOP OF THE GLACIER. WHEN THE WATER FINDS A CRACK IN THE ICE IT WILL START TO BORE A HOLE DOWNWARD, AND AFTER A WHILE IT WILL MAKE A MOULON (A HOLE) WHICH WILL FIND IT'S WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE GLACIER NO MATTER HOW THICK THE ICE. IF THE RIVER SHIFTS POSITION SOMETIME BEFORE THE MOULON IS FINISHED, ALL OF THE SAND AND DIRT THAT HAD BEEN SWEPT INTO THE CRACK STAYS THERE. THEN AS THE ICE AROUND THE CRACK AND OR HOLE MELT AWAY IT WILL EXPOSE THIS DIRT, AND EVEN THOUGH YOU WOULD THINK BECAUSE OF THE DARK COLOR THAT IT WOULD ABSORB THE HEAT AND MELT THE ICE UNDER IT, IT ACTUALLY DOES THE OPPOSITE, IT ACTS AS A INSULATOR AND PROTECTS THE ICE. SOME OF THESE PINGOS GET VERY BIG, I SEEN A COUPLE MORE THAN 20 FEET HIGH.