By the way, if you get tired of the cold out there, just remember, I still have a paint brush or hammer with your name on it - in a nice warm house.

Be careful out there bro and have fun!

Ron

Thanks for stopping by, man. It sure is a great area up there. I wish I’d gone to Tebay a long time ago - I was really surprised how beautiful that area is.

Dude, you know WAY better than to hook me up with a hammer, in your own home of all places. Now, a paintbrush is a different story - I’m sure my dad will chime in here sometime and tell you how awesome I am with a paintbrush. He still owes me money for years of my artwork.

Someone bought a pair of new down booties this evening. And a chainsaw. How’s that for a nice combo?

Cheers

Carl

This mild weather is sure making life easy so far.

How are you able to spend so much time in the field? There are two of us, and we still need months at at a time in the office. I’m jealous!

Well, the booties are for sitting around in a tent, van or a cabin - there’s a LOT of downtime in this part of the world in winter - these days are STILL getting shorter. I never got any bunny boots - how do you reckon my crampons would fit over those?

“mild weather”??? is you crazy? It’s nearly freezing outside right now! “mild weather” indeed!!!

How do I spend so much time in the field? Didn’t you just spend about 3 months in the Lower 48? You’ve been back, what, 3 weeks now? Dude, I mean, DUDE …. !!!

I was supposed to head out today, but now it’s already today and I’m stuck in Anchorage .. tomorrow I shall leave, and we’ll see how that goes.

Cheers

Carl

Yeah, down booties rock for around the tent, cabin, sleeping bag - good choice. Bunny boots are ok with snowshoes, but they aren’t any good with crampons - normally if it is cold enough to need bunny boots, the ice is long buried in snow and you wouldn’t need crampons.

The days are short - it gets a little boring this time of year waiting for some light - unless you have some auroras.

Have fun!