Time to start the process of packing everything up. i had set up the Arctic Oven here on the Denali Education Center property to make sure all the systems were working properly. So the first thing to do was break down the tent and hang it in the Riverside Office which is functioning as our home for the winter. i was able to hang the fly and tent from the loft which was over the monitor stove allowing it to dry overnight.
The second photo shows the Arctic Oven in the orange bags and my gear sorted from foot to head.
The second photo shows the Arctic Oven in the orange bags and my gear sorted from foot to head.
i will take over a load of gear to the National Park Service Kennels today to drop off so they can weigh and divy up according to weight. Gear weight adds up fast, for instance the axe i am holding weighs 10 lbs and the stove and accessories to the stove almost 50 lbs. The Arctic Oven weighed in at about 40 lbs including all the poles.
i arrived at the Kennels and we started weighing the gear and food i had brought along and it came in at a whopping 173lbs. Karen and Carm had talked before i arrived and thought 120 lbs. of my personal gear would be acceptable because this would be divided by 3 dog teams for a total of 40 lbs per sled. What to do? We immediately pitched my axe as they felt there was one out at Toklat which i could use. i had brought all the meat i was going to need for the entire trip in a cooler. i took out over 1/2 of it knowing that even if i am unable to get a resupply of this meat i still have plenty of food to make it through. We reduced the weight so it was down to about 48 lbs per sled and that worked for the Kennel folks.
The final shot gives a good picture of the SnowWalker sled.
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