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 ’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