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Written up by Kate Perkins! Photos by Bryce, Katie, Brody, and Angie.
I think most people thought we were crazy, when they heard what we were doing. We got a lot of funny looks, heading out on the ice, pulling sleds behind us, six people and a dog with a backpack on. Though I […] Still going to upload some more pictures…. but finished a video this weekend! Alaska 2011 from bryce johnson on Vimeo. We kited around Thompson Pass with a bunch of other kiters. Practiced doing some little glides down the hill. Long fun day! I climbed with the kite a bunch of the way up little Odyssey. Mike heading up the hill Crusing Back down I’m that little grey kite a bunch of the way up little Odyssey Mike practicing gliding The end of the glide Heading back up the hill We took all the skills we learned the previous day and put them them to work on the snowmachine. 3 sleds 6 people. We went up to the area we skinned up to (the snowkiting mecca) and then we went a bunch further. Lots of time getting stuck and digging them out. We made it […] Day 6 Minnesota: Snowmobile Alaska: Snowmachine At some point in transit between Thief River, mn and Valdez, AK. The arctic cats snowmobiles turn into snowmachines. It goes beyond a mere change of words. The snowmachines get longer and the tracks get much bigger so they can bite into and ride the powder. The way you […] |