My ancestors came to Utah 150 years ago pulling handcarts. I have a photo of me at Alta when I was one year old. As soon as they could walk I put both my sons on skis. I skied for Alta Ski Team (1965-66); won the Championships at Whitman College as a freshman; Skied for Utah (1968-70) then for the Universite de Grenoble on the World University Circuit for a year (1970-71). I coached x-c skiing for 30 years.
I have skied 39 new routes in the Brooks, Chugach and Kenai Mountain Ranges and across the West.
I have climbed 30 peaks in the Tetons starting in 1964. My sons took their first climbing lessons in the Tetons in 2005.
I came to Alaska 42 years ago as a teenager. My first career was smokejumping; over 11 years I parachuted into 17 national forests across seven states. Then I taught gifted students for 30 years. Now I summit alpine peaks, ski new routes in the mountains, first descents of rivers and traverse mountain ranges.
I have skied/traversed 1200 miles from Seward on the Pacific over the Kenai, Chugach and Alaska Ranges to Iditarod, Yukon River and now at Unalakleet on the Bering Sea.
600 Miles I did with my friend Dick Griffith. When we got to Iditarod in 2004 there was no trail; so we volunteered for a week at the Iditarod site. The last time I was in that area was 1967 on a fire.
Thanks for your Great Work!!!
Wild For Alaska
My ancestors came to Utah 150 years ago pulling handcarts. I have a photo of me at Alta when I was one year old. As soon as they could walk I put both my sons on skis. I skied for Alta Ski Team (1965-66); won the Championships at Whitman College as a freshman; Skied for Utah (1968-70) then for the Universite de Grenoble on the World University Circuit for a year (1970-71). I coached x-c skiing for 30 years.
I have skied 39 new routes in the Brooks, Chugach and Kenai Mountain Ranges and across the West.
I have climbed 30 peaks in the Tetons starting in 1964. My sons took their first climbing lessons in the Tetons in 2005.
I came to Alaska 42 years ago as a teenager. My first career was smokejumping; over 11 years I parachuted into 17 national forests across seven states. Then I taught gifted students for 30 years. Now I summit alpine peaks, ski new routes in the mountains, first descents of rivers and traverse mountain ranges.
I have skied/traversed 1200 miles from Seward on the Pacific over the Kenai, Chugach and Alaska Ranges to Iditarod, Yukon River and now at Unalakleet on the Bering Sea.
600 Miles I did with my friend Dick Griffith. When we got to Iditarod in 2004 there was no trail; so we volunteered for a week at the Iditarod site. The last time I was in that area was 1967 on a fire.
Thanks for your Great Work!!!