Alaska part 2

Well now I'm back in America and miss my Alaska life of being isolated, surrounded by epic peaks, and the luxury of helicopter lifts. But there are few last things from the trip that are worth noting...one that I will only mention quickly is Jay our roommate. He ended up slipping deeper into a strange state that was becoming increasingly more dangerous. For example one night when we were returning from dinner there was a large moose in our driveway which we chased up to the house in the van. Jay was already there with his girlfriend, he had been saying that he had fed a moose an apple a few days prior, so Chris, Josh, Tim, Mike and I are in the van which is stuck on the steep part of the driveway. Then Jay comes outside with a pear in his hand. He decided it was a good idea to approach the giant moose, the moose charged him! He ran back into the house as the moose hit his hump on the top of the entryway, which was almost ten feet high! If your on facebook you can check out Timmy Dutton's video of this attack under his profile. A couple days later Jay decided that he was not in the correct place and was going to leave guide school. But before he could leave on his own he did a few final acts that lead to him being escorded to the farry terminal and put on a boat out of there. Our house was much more comfortable for the rest of school!

So the last week at guide school was focused on crevasse rescue and standard operating procedures at Alaska Heli Skiing company. The crevasse we repelled into was only like 15 feet deep and only had a bit of blue ice around it but was still a cool feeling to be inside a large glacier. We practiced making snow anchors and pully systems, it was a good day of practicing these techniques. After a really fun graduation party at Seandog and Vikki's house with a sweet bon-fire and tacos it was time to re-enter the real world. When we got to Juneau we had a great meal with Kanaan, his father Karl, and his mother Katie. It was so nice to have a real meal! The next day we shralped at Eaglecrest it was super fun day of hiking for powder and ripping through the trees. Then it was time to fly to Seattle, it was a nice day so I could actually see out of the plane which was really beautiful. Now I've been kicking it in Seattle and lovin it!

Both Alaska post's photos are from Mr. Timmy Dutton.