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Brooks Range Alaska hike/kayak North Fork of the Koyukuk Summer 2006

Henry and I departed Wasilla in my Cessna 182 on Monday July 24, 2006, about 3.5 flight hrs to Bettles, over night there (camped on the ramp and eating Halibut at Spirit Lights Lodge), next day, load the gear into Brooks Range Aviation Beaver N1954J (built in 1954), flew up to Summit Lake on the arctic divide at the headwaters of the North Fork of the Koyukuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park, our kayaks, extra food and river gear dropped at Red Star Lake by Larry the pilot on his way back to Bettles. We hiked five days, spent one day in the tent at Fishless Creek in an all-day rain storm and then kayaked five days down to Bettles, had a cheeseburger at the Bettles Lodge, loaded up 02J and headed back to Wasilla on August 4.
rivers and mountains
rivers and mountains		 Juliet at Bettles
Juliet at Bettles		 Loading 1954J
Loading 1954J		 enroute through the Gates of the Arctic
enroute through the Gates of the Arctic
The Gates of the Arctic
The Gates of the Arctic		 Henry and his camera
Henry and his camera		 Gates of the Arctic
Gates of the Arctic		 Henry and his camera
Henry and his camera
at Summit Lake
at Summit Lake		 at Summit Lake
at Summit Lake		 Henry and Summit Lake
Henry and Summit Lake		 1954J heading back to Bettles
1954J heading back to Bettles
The Summit Lake Hilton
The Summit Lake Hilton		 Henry and Summit Lake
Henry and Summit Lake		 the high arctic
the high arctic		 hiking
hiking
bear poop
bear poop		 The Bear that Pooped (HG photo)
The Bear that Pooped (HG photo)		 arctic poppies
arctic poppies		 Henry
Henry
The North Fork of the Koyukuk
The North Fork of the Koyukuk		 John
John		 Camp 1
Camp 1		 Camp 1
Camp 1
Clouds
Clouds		 John
John		 Henry in the Mist
Henry in the Mist		 The North Fork
The North Fork
between Summit Lake and Alinement Creek
between Summit Lake and Alinement Creek		 The North Fork
The North Fork		 Strolling down the hill side
Strolling down the hill side		 Crossing Alinement Creek
Crossing Alinement Creek
Amawk Creek Camp 2
Amawk Creek Camp 2		 John
John		 Doonerak from Amawk Creek
Doonerak from Amawk Creek		 along the gravel bars
along the gravel bars
Henry
Henry		 easy walking
easy walking		 along the river edge
along the river edge		 of wolf and man
of wolf and man
not so easy walking
not so easy walking		 river and trees
river and trees		 camera and Silva compass
camera and Silva compass		 alder bashing
alder bashing
REI tent
REI tent		 why is this man smiling?
why is this man smiling?		 river and clouds
river and clouds		 John
John
Henry
Henry		 Henry
Henry		 more alder bashing
more alder bashing		 black spruce maze
black spruce maze
hiking
hiking		 more hiking
more hiking		 and more hiking
and more hiking		 and more hiking at a mile an hour
and more hiking at a mile an hour
rainbow
rainbow		 looking up through the Gates of the Arctic
looking up through the Gates of the Arctic		 rise before Red Star Lake
rise before Red Star Lake		 Red Star Lake (where the kayaks are) 36 miles below Summit Lake
Red Star Lake (where the kayaks are) 36 miles below Summit Lake
Red Star Lake
Red Star Lake		 the route from Red Star to the Koyukuk
the route from Red Star to the Koyukuk		 down the water pathway
down the water pathway		 boat on a string
boat on a string
The Koyukuk
The Koyukuk		 clear skies
clear skies		 John, coffee and bear barrel
John, coffee and bear barrel		 Henry being eaten by his Feathercraft
Henry being eaten by his Feathercraft
Henry checking out the map
Henry checking out the map		 Henry on the river
Henry on the river		 Feathercraft kayaks
Feathercraft kayaks		 Feathercraft with deck load
Feathercraft with deck load
John on break
John on break		 John along the river side
John along the river side		 Good Morning Henry!
Good Morning Henry!		 the book and the map
"the book" and the map
Henry on the river
Henry on the river		 Henry taking a nap
Henry taking a nap		 sunshine
sunshine		 John and his kayak
John and his kayak
John
John		 Henry
Henry		 rubber boots and folding boats
rubber boots and folding boats		 Downriver thunderstorm
Downriver thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm		 thunderstorm
thunderstorm		 Henry
Henry		 Henry
Henry
midnight sunset
midnight sunset		 midnight sunset
midnight sunset		 blackspruce and clouds
blackspruce and clouds		 Henry
Henry
Garmin moving map
Garmin moving map		 Henry nearing Bettles
Henry nearing Bettles		 BRA truck at the Bettles take-out
BRA truck at the Bettles take-out		 gear, boats and Juliet at Bettles
gear, boats and Juliet at Bettles
Juliet and the gear back in Bettles
Juliet and the gear back in Bettles

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