The Stairway Icefall is the tallest ice fall outside of the Himalayas. A few weeks ago I set out to see how close I could get to this colossal tumble.

  I’ve finally made it to the McCarthy, the town I lived in last year. My priorities since arriving have been to:   1) Find a place to stay 2a) Find a place to work 2b) Study for the written test for my Private Pilots License (more later) 3) Write, Read, and other lofty goals.

Moody Night 1 on the eve of Summer Solstice.   My buddy Jesse, who I met serendipitously when our road trips intersected in time and place at Mesa Verde National Park, is working for a flight-seeing operation called Denali Air. Similar to my shuttle gig last year for Wrangell Mountain Air, it’s his responsibility to Read More …

  Interesting news:   I was laid off from my job recently – last day was May 19th. It’s too bad because I was excited to get into water infrastructure engineering, but we just didn’t win the proposals we hoped to and I was low man on the totem pole. Never fret, I’m back in Read More …

Last week I was dropped off at Bremner Historic Mining District (wiki) by our flagship bush plane, a 1949 de Havilland Beaver. We approached with a slight tailwind and landed in a heap.