12 days packrafting Gates of the Arctic, Alaska, 2022

A backpacking and packrafting trip down the North Fork of the Koyukuk River in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. We saw a grizzly, moose, and enough grizzly and wolf tracks to last a lifetime. The river tried to drown me, the wind tried to blow us away, and the tussucks tried to break our ankles. You know, it was everything you could want from a northern Alaska adventure.

00:00 - Beginning
00:13 - Introduction
00:32 - Bush Plane Landing
01:52 - Animal Tracks and antlers
02:45 - Don't freak out...it's a white toe sock. And some great singing
03:13 - Describing the pain of the hike
05:05 - Starting the packraft on the river
07:24 - Running the Class II Rapid
12:50 - Enduring the Alaska weather
15:44 - The river tried to drown me
18:17 - Moose sighting
19:13 - Looking scraggly on the last day and lamenting the wind
21:14 - Signs of civilization
22:47 - Back in Bettles