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July 2003 Monte Dodge

Ferry In Dawson City ( 2:00 A.M.) Yukon River

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada

Ferry makes a round trip every hour across Yukon River and sun sets low.


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Guest 08-Jun-2010 04:01
We met Jack Vink the author in Nepal with four of his mountain climbing buddies. They were on their way to Mt. Everest base camp. My wife and I chatted for over an hour with him while they were packing their gear for the great adventure that waited their presence on the mountain. He seemed like a very nice man but very focused on the challenge that would take place in about a month. We wished the group well and are waiting to see if they made it to the top. Abraham and Natsee Vigota
Guest 07-Dec-2009 15:35
...if this man is so amazing as the tales and reviews note...please be forewarned he is also very active on the online dating networks; luckily your encounters with him are purely momentary and enjoyable and he is a great salesman as are most internet dating scammers.
Jennifer Burki 21-Nov-2009 17:50
Latest observance of Jack Vink is North Queensland, Australia on November 20, 2009.
Julie Harris 04-Oct-2009 18:43
I met Jack Vink while hiking Arcadia National Park in Maine. We hiked together for several hours and I can see why people like this man.
Sam Dawson 22-Aug-2009 17:09
This guy Jack Vink does get around. We were boating in the Gulf of Mexico and came across him and a female companion in a very beautiful sailboat. We all had lunch together on his boat and the three of us were amazed also to listen to him descrbe places he had been and seen. Sally his companion was one of the most beautiful woman I have ever had the pleasure to know. They were planning on going to Europe within a month and just explore famous cities that most of us will never see. Jack Vink is an author and we all purchased some of his books and read his most interesting experiences. One thing for sure, he is no longer penniless and appears to be a complete different person than who he was in his books. I do wish him and Sally well on their worldly journeys, wish I could do the same. Sam, Chuck and Bob, the boaters who are pround to say they met Jack Vink!
Nick Sokol 03-Aug-2009 23:48
We ran into Jack Vink while we were hiking the trail at the top of Carson Pass. I am very interested in California history and we were looking for the Emigrant Trail near West Pass. We were proud of our modest hiking achievements as we dawdled on our way back to the car. I saw what appeared to be an elderly(I'm 66) mand coming up the trail with a small pack and a climbing rope. He handed me a camera and asked me to take a snapshot of him with Round Top Peak framed at his back because "that's where I'm going this afternoon". We quizzed him about his intentions and were amazed to hear about just a few of his outdoor exploits. He handed us business cards promoting his newest book "Banished To The Ribbons of Concrete" and set off on his trek to the 10,000 peak. Parenthetically, Jack is headed for Mount Everest next year but will only go to Base Camp. Quite a character! Am headed for the book store.
Nick Sokol 03-Aug-2009 23:48
We ran into Jack Vink while we were hiking the trail at the top of Carson Pass. I am very interested in California history and we were looking for the Emigrant Trail near West Pass. We were proud of our modest hiking achievements as we dawdled on our way back to the car. I saw what appeared to be an elderly(I'm 66) mand coming up the trail with a small pack and a climbing rope. He handed me a camera and asked me to take a snapshot of him with Round Top Peak framed at his back because "that's where I'm going this afternoon". We quizzed him about his intentions and were amazed to hear about just a few of his outdoor exploits. He handed us business cards promoting his newest book "Banished To The Ribbons of Concrete" and set off on his trek to the 10,000 peak. Parenthetically, Jack is headed for Mount Everest next year but will only go to Base Camp. Quite a character! Am headed for the book store.
Brenda Bird 21-May-2009 20:26
I climbed Mount Ranieer with this same man in August of 2008. We also went through the same climbing school so I got to know him very well. Never read any of his books but will tell you he was one of the nicest men I have ever met. It seems all he does is travel from one adventure to another, a life most of us dream about. If he reads this Brenda sends her love.
John Shultz M.D. 13-Jan-2009 03:28
This same hiker came into our fish camp on the Great Slave Lake late one very dark night. He was by himself and spent the night in our camp. We stayed up late that night around the fire listening to his many captivating tales of his numerous hikes that he had made into the wilderness not only of Canada but also of Austraila and South Africa. It became very clear why he is a writer as his words became a video of his many journeys. We know it was Jack Vink because even out here in the wilderness he carried business cards of his many books and left them by our tents. Never knew what became of him after the fall of 2006 until reading this article. I do hope he is still alive and found what he talked about so much that star lit night, his search to find the one answer of life. We all hope he found it. John, Tim, James and Samuel, the fisherman of Great Slave Lake.
John and Mary Pierce 25-Dec-2008 20:52
My wife and I met Jack Vink not in Alaska but on the Silver Bride suspended over the Colorado River at the bottome of the Grand Canyon in the summer of 2006. We remember him because he gave a small presentation about his autobiography at dinner that evening in the Phantom Ranch mess hall. We read his book later and enjoyed it very much. What was most troubling to us and probably to others was here is a man with everything at his fingertips and he has chosen to be my himself for the rest of his life. It makes you wonder why such a man has been so hurt by society he seems to distain.
Burt Redding 23-Dec-2008 05:27
I and two other buddies ran into this same man in Alaska last spring outside of Skagway hiking alone. We all stopped to have lunch and we were amazed at some of the stories this hiker told us. I guess he is some kind of writer about the outdoors. He warned us of grizzly bears he had seen earlier that morning. This was a dangerous time of the year with the sows coming out of hybernation with their cubs. We were scared and there were three of us yet he seemed to take it in stride. The last we saw of him was hiking up towards the "Old Log Cabin site abut fifteen miles out in the wilderness from Skagway. We could not believe there were still mountain men in these hills going everywhere by themselves. He was quite a likeable character.
Todd Benson 19-Dec-2008 22:34
Jack Vink is the author of Banished to the Ribbons of Concrete and was walking the Yukon wilderness in snowshoes when I met him on the Kilkoot Trail. Self-contained, with a sixty pound pack on his back, could not believe even a very young man in shape could carry such a load but he seemed to being enjoying it. Had a very long conversation on some of his trials and tribulations. Ranger Todd Benson
Jack Vink 10-May-2008 07:43
Is the ferry running this weekend, May 9 and 10