I started off on a 22 day hiking contract in the Coast mountains which is SW of Whitehorse. This contract was just one section of a semester expedition, they continued moutineering for a further 27 days after I flew out on a float plane, and then they canoed for another 20 days... anyway the photos I have are of this trip, the students were awesome and so was the scenery. It started out with open tundra and rolling hills and as we walked further South (across to BC) we ended up in some magical moutains surrounded by icefields and glaciers...
Myelf and TJ (anothe instructor)
A moose antler
Kusawa Lake
Our ressupplies cam in by float plane
Just a normal day in the Yukon, paking up our campsite.
So it snowed on us a bit - even though this was suppose to be summer
Kusawa river, a magical spot! we actually attempted to cross this river about 5 times, but failed.
Duff Lake, the end of the hiking section
cookin up a storm with what little food we had left.
The Float plane bringing in new food, mountaineering gear and new instructors for the next section of their journey.
Me peace-ing out on the planeSo my next course was to start about 4 days after I got back to Whitehorse. I was then off on a 30day self sufficient (no resupplies) canoe and hike expedition. Yet another magical spot just West of Whitehorse canoeing from Qiet lake through the big salmon river and out onto the all might Yukon River, stooping twice to go hiking. We hiked for 12 days and canoed for 15. Saw a bunch of wildlife on this trip; moose, caribou (reindeer), bald eagles, heard the wolves howling, and even got bluff charged by a grizzly with 2 cubs. If I get my hands on some photos from this course I will try and post them. So now I am hangin out with Shaun on the Fraser river, they have already put me to work - boy not even a day off! I am enjoying the warm weather and some darkness at night - I didnt see the stars for 2 months!
I have another adventure planned in a week or so - so i will keep you posted.
I have another adventure planned in a week or so - so i will keep you posted.
2 comments:
Looks mean Jacs! Stoked!
Dear lovely Jax the poo,
Now that is simply stunning. The kind od mission I am dreaming about. It looks like you would have had a lot of time to measure yourself against the immensity and depth of such an undisturbed territory. Lots of great introspection time too... You must be pretty peaced out indeed.
I will write more soon.
Miss you twos. be well
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