HELIJOE

2007-10-23T13:17:00.000-08:00

HERE ARE A FEW COOL SIDEWALK PAINTINGS I FOUND ON THE WEB

2007-10-23T13:02:00.000-08:00

WHAT A COOL SAND CASTLE.

2006-10-27T23:05:00.000-08:00

THIS IS EARLY MORNING AT THE TOP OF DOCTORS PARK...
CLICK ON THIS PICTURE AND BLOW IT UP. I LIKE THIS ONE. IT IS OF SOME ICICLES THAT WERE BUILDING ON THE BOTTOM OF A LOG CROSSING SPRING CREEK...
HERE IS A COOL OLD TREE I FOUND IN THE WOODS ON THE WAY TO THE THREE KILL ZONE...
STEVE AND MIKE HAVING FUN IN THE MIDDLE OF TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS.

AS WE WERE LEAVING CAMP.

2006-08-02T12:49:00.000-08:00

I JUST GOT BACK FROM ALASKA A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. MY DAD DROVE UP ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE I LEFTAND ARRIVED THE DAY AFTER I DID. WE WORKED ON MY RENTAL HOUSE SO I COULD PUT IT ON THE MARKET. WHAT A BUMMER, NOW I HAVE NO EXCUSE TO GO BACK UP. THIS IS A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE HOUSE. UGLY! MY DAD AND I WOULD START EARLY IN THE MORNIG AND WORK UNTIL IT STARTED TO GET DARK MOST EVERY NIGHT, WHICH WAS ABOUT 12:30 OR 1:00 IN THE MORNING. WE DID GET A DAY OFF TO GO FISHING AND I WILL SHOW THE RESULTS A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN.

WE JUST FINISHED THE WATER BLASTING, SCRAPING, AND THE PRIMING, AND WE ARE ADDING THE PORCH.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE HOUSE AFTER THE ADDITION OF THE PORCH AND NEW PAINT.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE BOAT WE CHARTERED, IT NAME IS THE "BEAR FORCE II" . VERY NICE BOAT THAT JUST HAD TWO NEW DDIESEL ENGINES INSTALLED AT THE BEGGING OF THE SEASON.

HERE IS OUR CATCH FOR THE DAY. IT TOOK US TWO HOURS TO GET TO THE FISHING HOLE, 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES TO CATCH THE FISH AND TWO HOURS TO GET BACK. THEN IT TOOK THE THE FISH PROCESSORS ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO FILET ALL OF THE FISH SO THEY COULE PACKAGE AND FREEZE IT. WE WERE FINISHED JUST IN TIME FOR LUNCH....

2006-06-12T08:22:00.000-08:00

THIS IS A SMALL GLACIAL CANYON IN DENALI PARK THAT RUNS INTO RILEY CREEK. QUITE OFTEN WE WILL SEE GRIZZLY'S OR MOOSE IN THIS CANYON. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE FIRST DUSTING OF SNOW IN THE FALL OF 2005. THE COLORS WERE AMAZING THIS YEAR.

THIS IS JUST DOWN THE HILL ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES FROM THE LAST PICTURE. AND OUR BASE IS WITH IN THE LIMITS OF THIS PIC BUT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY SEE IT. IF YOU LOOK TO THE FAR UPPER RIGHT SIDE OF THE PICTURE WHERE THE SNOWY MOUNTAIN IS KIND OF HIDING, AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE PICTURE IS WHERE ARE BASE WOULD BE.

HERE AGAIN IS MY SWIMMING HOLE. THE ORIGINAL PIC OF THIS WAS A LITTLE HAZY SO I PUT IT INTO PHOTOSHOP AN MADE IT LOOK MORE NORMAL.

SOME BLUE ICE OF THE YANERT GLACIER. WELL THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK. I HAVE TO GO HOME AND PACK MORE STUFF FOR OUR MOVE. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SHANNON. (MAYBE A BBQ? I HOPE)

2006-06-09T10:01:00.000-08:00

GLAD TO FINALLY GET BACK ON HERE.
THANKS FOR ALL OF THE COMMENTS YOU ALL LEFT. SHANNON, I REALLY LIKED YOUR LAST ONE, I'M SURE MY NEIGHBORS IN THE HOTEL HERE MUST OF THOUGHT I WAS WACKY, LAUGHING TO MYSELF. HERE IS A PICTURE OF A PLACE THAT WE CALL ICE FALL NUMBER ONE OFF OF THE YANERT GLACIER, AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE A ROCK I HAD JUST THROWN INTO THE MOULON. IF YOU GET THE ANGLE JUST RIGHT IT WON'T TOUCH THE SIDES FOR ABOUT 5, OR 6 SECONDS, THEN AFTER IT DOES HIT, YOU CAN HEAR IT BOUNCING OFF THE SIDES SOMETIMES FOR ANOTHER 5,OR 6 SECONDS, AND IT MAKES A VERY OMINOUS CRASH AT THE BOTTOM WHEN IT STOPS . I HAVE SOME VIDEO OF THIS I JUST HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET IT ON HERE. (IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW)

THIS IS ANOTHER "THIS IS ME" PICTURE ONLY ABOUT FIFTY FEET AWAY FROM WHERE I TOSSED THE ROCK. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN COMMING DOWN IN THE VALLEY ABOUT 45 MILES BEHIND ME. ABOUT 10 MILES OR SO TO THE NORTH, OR TO THE RIGHT OF THE RAIN IS WHERE OUR BASE WOULD BE.

2006-05-27T10:08:00.000-08:00

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".

2006-05-10T18:58:00.000-08:00

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.

2006-05-07T21:10:00.000-08:00

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.

2006-04-30T16:45:00.000-08:00

HI SHANNON
I THINK YOU MAY BE THE ONLY PERSON OUT THERE STILL LEFT READING MY BLOG. I KNOW READING YOURS IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DO WHEN I GET ON THE COMPUTER.
THIS IS ONE OF THE WALLS OR RIDGES THAT COME OFF OF MT. MCKINNLEY. I'M AT ABOUT 11000 FEET AND THIS WALL IS STILL ABOUT 1000 TO 2000 FEET HIGHER THAN I AM. I WISH YOU COULD HAVE CAME UP THERE, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO GIVE YOU A PEEK AT THE AREA FROM THE HELICOPTER. IT IS AN AMAZING PLACE. MAYBE WHEN I AM RICH AND FAMOUS AND OWN MY OWN HELICOPTER WE CAN ALL GO UP THERE AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN IF THE GLOBAL WARMING HASN'T MELTED THE MOUNTAIN AWAY.
IT WAS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU TODAY, AND I DID FIGURE OUT THE PHOTOSHOP QUESTION I ASKED YOU.
WELL I WILL BE DRIVING ALL DAY TOMORROW AND THEN I WILL BE ATTEMPTING TO GET OUR HOUSE ON THE MARKET SO I WILL BE OFF OF THE AIR WAVES FOR A WHILE SO SAY HIGH TO EVERYONE FOR ME AND HAVE A GOOD DAY!!!!!!

2006-04-30T16:34:00.000-08:00

ONE DAY I WAS HEADED BACK TO OUR BASE WITH A LOAD OF TOURIST AND TOOK THIS PICTURE. WHEN I GOT BACK AND FINISHED UP THE PAPER WORK, I STARTED TO TALK TO THE OTHER PILOTS AND ONE OF THEM SAID HEY WERE FLYING RIGHT BEHIND ME ON THE WAY BACK. HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE PASSENGERS ASKED HIM IF THIS WAS THE ONLY ACTIVE VOLCANO IN ALASKA. WE ALL HAD A GOOD LAUGH THAT NIGHT.

2006-04-29T16:26:00.000-08:00

FROM THE LEFT SIDE IS THE YANERT GLACIER. ALL OF THE GRAVEL AND WATER YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM IS STILL SITTING ON ICE, BUT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE GLACIER AND IT'S CALLED THE TERMINOUS. MANY OF THE ROCKS YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM ARE MANY TIMES THE SIZE OF THE HELICOPTER, AND THE GLACIER YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PICTURE IS ONLY ABOUT A MILE IN LEGNTH AND DOES NOT HAVE A NAME BECAUSE IT IS TOO SMALL.

2006-04-29T16:16:00.000-08:00

I HAVE TO THROW A HELICOPTER PICTURE IN EVERY NOW AND AGAIN.....

2006-04-29T16:09:00.000-08:00

SOME MORE COLORFUL 9000' HILLS....

2006-04-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

THIS IS ONE OF THE RIDGES IN DENALI PARK, IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RANGE OFF OF MT. PENDELTON. (LOOKING NORTH EAST)

2006-04-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

HERE WE ARE PRACTICING AT FIRE SCHOOL. THE ORANGE THING ON THE GROUND IS FULL OF WATER AND IS CALLED A PUNKIN. WHEN THERE IS A FIRE SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE IS NO WATER AROUND FOR MANY MILES THE FOREST SERVICE WILL SET UP A PUNKIN FILL IT WITH TANKER TRUCKS AND ALL OF THE HELICOPTERS WILL TAKE TURNS DIPPING FROM IT. THIS ONE IS ALMOST OUT OF WATER, THATS WHY IT LOOKS LIKE A PUNKIN THAT HAS HIT THE ROAD THE DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN.....

2006-04-28T21:39:00.000-08:00

ONE MORE AIRPLANE OUT OF COMMISSION.

2006-04-28T21:14:00.000-08:00

A BIGGER HELICOPTER MEANS MORE PEOPLE GET TO GO FISHING. I THINK THIS WAS THE BEST SALMON FISHING HOLE I MADE IT TO. WE WERE TO THE SOUTH WEST OF ANCHORAGE,ACROSS THE COOK INLET FROM KENAI. AS WE LANDED WE SAW A COUPLE OF BEARS LEAVING THE BRUSH TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE BIG NOISY RED WHITE AND BLACK MOSQUITO...

2006-04-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

HERE WE ARE ALL HEADED OUT FROM THE JUNEAU AIRPORT ON OUR WAY TO THE DOG SLED TOURS.

THIS MOOSE IS ON THE AIRPORT IN ANCHORAGE.

2006-04-28T20:58:00.000-08:00

ANOTHER FISHING HOLE NEAR JUNEAU...

2006-04-26T09:52:00.000-08:00

SORRY EVERYONE, I HAVE THOUSANDS MORE PICTURES TO PUT ON HERE, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD ANY TIME LATELY

2006-04-18T22:06:00.000-08:00

IF YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE A RED PLANE IN HERE. IT'S OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IN THE ROCKS. IT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY BIG PLANE, BUT THE CANYON YOU SEE HERE IS CALLED THE GREAT GORGE. THE GRANITE WALLS ARE 2 MILES HIGH, BUT 1/2 OF IT IS COVERD WITH ICE. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS A MILE OF ICE AND A MILE OF EXPOSED GRANITE. FREEKING IMPRESSIVE. JUST OUT OF THE FRAME TO THE LEFT IS ANOTHER AMAZING HUNK OF ROCK CALLED THE MOOSES TOOTH, I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND A SHOT OF IT. WELL LOOK AT THAT I FOUND IT. TOOK ME A WHILE. ANY WAY THIS WAS ONE OF THE DAYS WHEN THE FIRES WERE SURROUNDING US, NOT VERY GOOD VISABILITY, BUT IT MAKES FOR A COOL PICTURE.

2006-04-18T21:52:00.000-08:00

HERE I LANDED AT ABOUT 9500 FEET UP ON THE KAHILTNA GLACIER, LOOKING TO THE SOUTH, AWAY FROM THE MOUTAIN. I BROUGHT SOME GLACIOLIGIST UP TO SURVEY THE GLACIER. WE LANDED SEVERAL PLACES THAT DAY. WE ALSO FOUND A WWII CAMP THAT WAS EXPOSED FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1970. I KNOW I HAVE THE PICTURE SOME WHERE BUT I COULDN'T FIND IT TONIGHT SO I WILL HAVE TO PUT IT ON HERE LATER.

2006-04-18T21:43:00.000-08:00

IF IT WAS ONLY CARIBOU SEASON!!!

2006-04-18T21:18:00.000-08:00

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF MOOSEUMS, CAN YOU SEE THEM? I KNEW YOU COULD......

A COUPLE MORE MOOSE, A BIT HARD TO SEE, BUT I KNEW YOU WOULD FIND'EM.... IT'S HARD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF MOOSE AS YOU ARE FLYING BY AT A HUNDRED AND TWENTY KNOTTS, BY THE TIME YOU SEE THEM AND GET THE CAMERA UP THEY ARE USUALLY GONE.

2006-04-13T20:04:00.000-08:00

THIS IS WHEN I WAS IN JUNEAU. I DIDN'T TAKE THIS ONE, BUT IT'S STILL COOL...

HERE IS ANOTHER PICTURE THAT I DIDN'T TAKE. I DID TAKE A COUPLE OF PICTURES LIKE THIS BUT ON A FILM CAMERA. THERE ARE A BUNCH OF EAGLES AROUND THERE. THERE ARE SO MANY THEY ARE JUST ABOUT AS THICK AS SEAGULLS...

2006-04-07T23:17:00.000-08:00

HERE IS FOR DAVE S. WHO WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE IT. I KNOW HE ALWAYS WANTED TO KICK SOMEONE RIGHT IN THE ICE HOLE.

2006-04-07T22:48:00.000-08:00

THIS ROCK IS HUGE AND IS SITTING ON A PYRAMID OF ICE. IF YOU LOOK BEHIND TO THE LEFT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A HALF MELTED AWAY PYRAMID. WHAT HAPPENS IS THE ROCK PROTECTS THE ICE UNDER IT FROM THE SUN AND THE RAIN, SO AS THE SUN AND RAIN MELT AWAY THE ICE AROUND THE ROCK IT MAKES THE ROCK LOOK LIKE IT IS GETTING HIGHER AND HIGHER. AFTER A WEEK OR TWO THE ROCK WILL BE SITTING ON A SMALL AREA OF ICE AND IT WILL BREAK OR FALL OFF BALANCE AND THE ROCK WILL FALL TO THE DOWN HILL SIDE, AND THE PROCESS WILL START ALL OVER AGAIN, LEAVING THE LAST PYRAMID TO MELT AWAY. ANOTHER ONE BELOW THAT WE WERE PLAYING ON.

2006-04-04T22:03:00.000-08:00

HERE IS ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS FROM JUNEAU, (NATE) HE IS KINDA KNEW TO FISHING, SO AS HE IS WORKING ON HIS POLE HE IS WATCHING THE SALMON SWIM BY TWO FEET AWAY. I TOLD HIM HE JUST NEEDS TO THROUGH AWAY THAT POLE AND INVEST IN A CLUB.....

2006-04-04T21:58:00.000-08:00

THE COOL THING ABOUT WORKING IN AK IS THAT WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED WORKING YOU GET TO GO FIND A PLACE TO LAND NEXT TO A GREAT FISHING HOLE.

2006-04-04T15:09:00.000-08:00

A REALLY NICE THOUSAND FOOT WATERFALL NEAR JUNEAU.

2006-04-04T15:06:00.000-08:00

SOME HELI-SKIING GOIN' ON

2006-03-22T19:38:00.000-09:00

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...

2006-03-21T17:06:00.000-09:00

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. :-)

2006-03-21T16:14:00.000-09:00

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

2006-03-20T19:56:00.000-09:00

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.

2006-03-07T07:23:00.000-09:00

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.

2006-03-05T11:16:00.000-09:00

ANOTHER MOULON.

2006-03-05T11:09:00.000-09:00

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

2006-03-02T22:10:00.000-09:00

HELLO W------>

2006-03-02T19:48:00.000-09:00

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.

2006-03-01T08:41:00.000-09:00

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.

2006-02-26T16:41:00.000-09:00

THIS IS RIGHT AT THE TOE OF THE QUESTION MARK GLACIER.

2006-02-15T08:24:00.000-09:00

B.C. CANADA ON A FERRY FLIGHT FROM RENO TO ANCHORAGE

2006-02-15T08:15:00.000-09:00

SOME SLED DOGS AT JUNEAU. LOVE THOSE EYES...

2006-02-14T17:47:00.000-09:00

HERE IS ONE OF OUR FISHING HOLES NEAR JUNEAU, CALLED SWEET HEART CREEK. WE TOOK A BUNCH OF OUR CREW OUT FOR THIS DAY OF SALMON FISHING. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CREEKS AROUND.

2006-02-12T09:18:00.000-09:00

THE WATER HERE IS ABOUT 25 FEET DEEP IN THE AREA OF DEEP BLUE, AND IT IS JUST ONE OF HUNDREDS OF SMALL POOLS ON THIS GLACIER. THE GLACIER RIGHT HERE IS ABOUT 600 TO 700 FEET THICK. JUST THINK OF HOW MANY MARGARITAS YOU COULD MAKE....

2006-02-11T13:25:00.000-09:00

HERE IS ONE A FRIEND FOUND, HE LANDED, SEARCHED THE AREA AND FOUND THE EJECTOR SEAT AND TOOK IT WITH HIM. (THERE WASN'T ANYBODY IN THE SEAT).....

2006-02-11T13:11:00.000-09:00

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF OLD PLANES SCATTERED AROUND UP HERE.

2006-02-11T13:04:00.000-09:00

A COUPLE OF US LANDED ON THE YANERT GLACIER.

2006-02-09T12:15:00.000-09:00

I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE HARD TO SEE BUT IF YOU LOOK HARD YOU CAN SEE A SMALL HEARD OF CARIBOU TRYING TO KEEP COOL ON THE SNOW...

2006-02-09T12:11:00.000-09:00

HERE IS A THIS IS ME PICTURE FILLING MY WATER BOTTLE.

2006-02-07T14:15:00.000-09:00

ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE PICS.....

2006-02-01T13:11:00.000-09:00

BOTH OF THESE PICS ARE FROM THE YANERT VALLEY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES. IT'S TO THE EAST SIDE OF DENALI PARK...

2006-01-30T07:01:00.000-09:00

THIS HUGE ROCK IS THE NORTH WEST BOUNDRY OF DENALI PARK AND IT'S NAME IS CASTLE ROCK. IT WOULD TAKE YOU ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF TO WALK TO HERE. THIS IS WHERE WE PUT THE SIESMOMETER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF FAIRBANKS.

2006-01-30T06:56:00.000-09:00

A GLACIER COVERED PEAK NAMED SCOTT PEAK.....

2006-01-25T08:18:00.000-09:00

ANOTHER PIC OF THE SAME STUFF, THIS AREA IS CALLED CALICO RIDGE. IN THIS GENERAL AREA YOU CAN SEE COLORS OF YELLOW, ORANGE, RED, PINK, PURPLE, GREEN, AND BLUE FROM MINERALS, LAYERS OF ROCK AND SEDIMENT.

2006-01-25T08:10:00.000-09:00

THE CRUST OF THE EARTH WAS BROKEN MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO AND THIS IS WERE IT WAS PUSHED UPWARD. NOW YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COLORS OF MANY LAYERS HEADED DOWN THE HILL SIDE.

2006-01-25T08:04:00.000-09:00

MT. MCKINLEY OFF IN THE DISTANCE FROM THE TEKLINIKA RIVER, NORTH SIDE OF THE ALASKA RANGE.

2006-01-24T11:11:00.000-09:00

THIS IS FANG MT. WHICH IS IN DENALI PARK EAST SIDE OF MT. MCKINLEY

2006-01-23T19:25:00.000-09:00

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HELICOPTER PICTURES. I LANDED IN A RIVER BED JUST BEYOND THE NORTH BOUNDRY OF DENALI PARK, SET THE CAMERA DOWN ON THE ROCKS AND LET IT TAKE A SHOT.

MT MCKINLEY WITH SOME STRANGE LENTICULAR CLOUDS. WE COULDN'T FLY LOWER THAN 9000' THIS DAY WITHOUT GETTING THE STUFFING BEAT OUT OF US. THE WINDS WERE ABSOLUTELY HOWLING.

2006-01-22T15:57:00.000-09:00

THIS PICTURE IS OF DENALI ON A BLUE BIRD DAY. YOUR LOOKING AT THE EAST FACE STILL MORE THAN 40 MILES AWAY.

I HAD A BUNCH OF GEOLOGIST OUT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DENALI THIS DAY AT A PLACE CALLED CASTLE ROCK LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PUT A SEISMOMETER. WE FOUND A NICE SPOT AMONGST THE ROCKS AND BEAR BERRY. FROM HERE THERE WAS A 360 DEGREE VIEW FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED MILES IN EVERY DIRECTION. WHAT A GREAT PLACE FOR A LUNCH BREAK!!!

2006-01-18T12:35:00.000-09:00

A COLD MORNING IN NIKISKI

HERE IS A SUNSET I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE NEAR SALT LAKE AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM NEW YORK.

2006-01-09T23:18:00.000-09:00

NO MORE PICS FOR A WHILE AS I WILL NOT BE AROUND, HEADED TO NEW YORK......

2006-01-09T23:12:00.000-09:00

I'M SO GLAD THIS IS NOT MY JOB

2006-01-09T22:15:00.000-09:00

A FRIEND IN AN ICE TUNNEL WE FOUND...

EARLY MORNING EAGLE.....

2006-01-08T19:46:00.000-09:00

THIS POOR GUY WAS FLYING ALONG AFTER A MOOSE HUNT AND HIS PLANE CAUGHT FIRE, HE DIDN'T HAVE A WAY TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. HE WAS TRYING TO REACH BEHIND HIM AND STOMP IT OUT WITH HIS HAND, BUT WAS UNABLE TO REACH. THE PLANE WAS BURNING FAST ENOUGH THAT IT WAS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE SKY SOON SO HE CRASH LANDED HIS PLANE ALONG THE SIDE OF THE YANERT RIVER BED IN THE BRUSH, HE JUMPED OUT GRABBED HIS DOG WHICH WAS IN THE BACK SEAT. THE PLANE CONTINUED TO BURN DESTROYING EVERYTHING INSIDE TO INCLUDE HIS GUN, MEAT, MONEY, AND ALL OF HIS SURVIVAL GEAR. HE WAS LUCKY THOUGH BECAUSE THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE ANOTHER PLANE SEVERAL MILES AWAY BUT IN THE SAME VALEY WHO SAW THE SMOKE AND CAME TO INVESTIGATE. THE DRIVER OF THE STILL FLYING PLANE CALLED US AND I WENT OUT AND PICKED UP HE AND HIS DOG. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S NOT MUCH LEFT OF HIS PLANE.

2006-01-08T19:15:00.000-09:00

THIS IS MY SWIMMING HOLE I HAVE GONE TO IN THE PAST. WHEN I TAKE OUT THE HELI-TREKKERS I HAVE TIME TO GO CRUZING AROUND FOR A BIT, I HAVE A COUPLE OF HOURS TO WAIT BEFORE I HAVE TO GO PICK UP THE HIKERS. THIS IS ONE OF MANY PLACES I HAVE WAITED FOR THEM. THE WATER AS YOU CAN SEE IS A BEAUTIFUL COLOR.

2006-01-08T19:07:00.000-09:00

HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY PLANE THAT NEVER GETS USED. IT SURE WOULD BE FUN TO CRUZE AROUND AK FOR A SUMMER. IGUESS I HAD BETTER START PLAYING THE LOTTERY.

2006-01-06T23:02:00.000-09:00

HERE IS A PICTURE OF AUGISTINE BLOWING OFF A LITTLE STEAM.

2006-01-06T21:24:00.000-09:00

MYSELF AND ONE OF THE OTHER PILOTS WENT OUT WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER TO GET THE PROMOTIONAL POCTURES FOR OUR BROCHUER. THIS IS ME IN THIS PICTURE AND I AM FLYING OVER THE YANERT GLACIER THE YEAR IT SURGED AND CAUSED THESE HUGE CREVASSES SOME AS DEEP AS 300 FEET DEEP.

2006-01-06T20:51:00.000-09:00

WE HAD FLOWN OUT TOWARD THE MOUNTAIN (DENALI) ON THIS DAY WITH THE WIND HOWLING AND TURBULENT, AND AS WE CLIMBED UP TO GET INTO THE SMOOTH AIR, THE CLOUDS WERE UNBELIEVABLY BEAUTIFUL.

2006-01-04T19:17:00.000-09:00

HERE IS A LINK TO THE VOLCANO WATCH http://www.avo.alaska.edu/activity/Augustine.php

HERE IS WHERE I WAS TODAY. FLYING IN THE COOK INLET, ALASKA. THERE ARE 13 OIL RIGS AND 2 ON SHORE FACILITIES WE FLY TO. THE FIRST PICTURE IS OF THE VIEW FROM OUR HELIPAD. THIS IS OF THE SUNRISE AT ABOUT 09:30 LOOKING AT MT. SPUR ON THE RIGHT AND MT. REDOUGHT ON THE LEFT,BOTH ACTIVE VOLCANO'S. NEITHER LOOK VERY BIG IN THE PICTURES, BUT THE CLOSER YOU GET THE BIGGER THEY ARE,AND WE ARE A LOOOOOONG WAY AWAY. THE SECOND IS OF MOUNT ILIAMNA AND THE SUNSET. THE NEXT MOUNTAIN DOWN TO THE SOUTH WHICH YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO SEE IS CALLED MOUNT AUGUSTINE. MOUNT AUGUSTINE IS ALSO AN ACTIVE VOLCANO THAT IS ABOUT READY TO BLOW HER TOP. DAVE, ANGIE, JESSIE, AND LEVI LIVE JUST ACROSS THE INLET FROM THERE, THEY MAY BE DUSTY SOON. THE LAST TWO ARE OF SOME OF THE RIGS WE VISITED TODAY.

2006-01-02T21:41:00.000-09:00

I HAD TO ADD ONE MORE FOR GOOD MEASURE. THIS IS A CO-WORKER AND WE ARE ON THE NORTH EAST SIDE OF DENALI LOOKING WEST AT ABOUT 9000 FEET. THE MOUNTAIN IS STILL MORE THAN 11,000 FEET HIGHER THAN US.

2006-01-02T20:20:00.000-09:00

A SMALL LAKE ON TOP OF THE YANERT GLACIER CAUSED BUY THE MELTWATER. THESE SMALL LAKES ARE A BEAUTIFUL COLOR. THE WATER IS NOT BLUE IT'S CLEAR, THE COLOR COMES FROM COMPRESSED ICE. AS ALL OF THE ATMOSPHERE IS COMPRESSED OUT OF THE ICE, THE ICE ABSORBES EVERY COLOR IN THE SPECTRUM EXCEPT FOR THE WAVELENGTH OF BLUE. IT'S ACTUALLY THE LACK OF NITROGEN WHICH CAUSES THE WAVELENGTH OF BLUE TO BE REFLECTED BACK OUT.

2006-01-02T20:08:00.000-09:00

HERE IS A PICTURE OF THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE FLY SWATTER. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR IT WAS GETTING HARD TO SEE WHERE I WAS GOING. IT HAPPENED ON THE WAY FROM ANCHORAGE TO DENALI.

2006-01-01T21:29:00.000-09:00

MORE OF THE DENALI AREA.THE PICTURE ON TOP IS THE YANERT RIVER. THE LOWER PICTURE IS OF DENALI AND ANOTHER ONE OF OUR HELICOPTERS LOOKING FROM THE NORTH EAST

2006-01-01T10:59:00.000-09:00

A SMALL PIECE OF ALASKA!!!!

Here are a few pics of the places I am fortunate enough to see as I am working. Hope you like them.