7/16/09 Hello! Yesterday was a rest day, so I didn’t write anything because it wasn’t too exciting. We woke up late, made pancakes, and then came into the tent to escape the cold rain and persistent mosquitoes. In the tent we mainly read, slept, and played cards. It was fun, and my tent group is so fun to hang out

7/14/09 Well today was hard, but enjoyable. Even though we only hiked for 7 hours, we went 10 miles, crossed a river, and hiked over two passes. The scenery was incredible, but my feet are KILLING me! So we got up at 9 and Emil made our group hash browns with cheese and hot sauce for breakfast. It was really

7/13/09 Hello from my small group! Today was one of the hardest but most awesome days ever. Just to give an idea, it’s 9:45pm and we just set up camp. That’s the great thing about Alaska though, you can keep chugging along since the sun never sets. Anyway, I’ll start from the beginning. So our re-ration came an hour earlier

7/12/09 Hello from the East fork of the Susitna River! It was a long hard day, but I’ll admit I’m quite happy to see green plants and sleep on solid ground again. We started the day by waking up at 8:30am, and packed up camp after breakfast. Leaving around 10am, we walked down the glacier, losing about 2,500 ft in

7/11/09 Heylo! Well today was relaxing. We woke up around 8:30 and had some breakfast, and then had first aid class at 10:30. It was over by 11:45, so we planned to meet to go ice climbing after. I got packed up, but as I was packing noticed my right knee was in a lot of pain, so I decided