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Last year long distance trekker Andrew Skurka set off on his most ambitious and challenging expedition to date. He was already a legend in the thru-hiking community, but his 4679 mile (7530km) Alaska-Yukon Expedition set a new standard for all others to follow. The route passed through some of the most remote places in the U.S. and Canada, crossing eight national parks and several mountain ranges in the process. As is typical, Andrew went alone and spent 176 days on the trail hiking, skiing, and rafting
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from The Adventure Blog
It's been several weeks since Andrew Skurka finished up his Alaska-Yukon Expedition that saw him covering more than 4700 miles of remote backcountry over the course of six months in the field. The trek was just another major adventure for a guy who has become the poster child for long distance hiking, but that doesn't mean that Andrew didn't learn a few things along the way. Andrew has continued his debrief of the expedition over at the National Geographic Adventure Blog , posting a story yesterday on just
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from The Adventure Blog
As I mentioned a few days ago, Andrew Skurka finished up his 4700-mile long Alaska-Yukon Expedition last Sunday, but he hadn't posted anything to the National Geographic Adventure blog with his final thoughts yet. I suspect those final thoughts are still coming, as it'll take some time for him to reflect on his accomplishment, but yesterday he did post a few quick, and rather amusing, thoughts. You can read the latest entry to the blog by clicking here . In the post, Andrew shares his thoughts on what his
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from The Adventure Blog
While we're on the topic of expeditions that are coming to a close, it appears that Andrew Skurka has finished up his Alaska-Yukon Expedition as well. In his last entry to his regular blog posts over at the National Geographic Adventure Blog , he hinted that the end was coming soon and that the end would also be "bittersweet" since his life had revolved around the project for the past 12+ months. At the time of that writing, Andrew was 200 miles and seven days away from the finish line, and according to
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from The Adventure Blog
Long distance super-hiker Andrew Skurka has reached a major milestone on his Alaska-Yukon Expedition, which he began back in March. Andrew has been posting updates on his journey over at the National Geographic Adventure Blog , and his most recent update indicates that he has now reached the half-way point of the expedition, but he wonders if that really matters, considering the challenges that still await him. The Alaska-Yukon Expedition is a seven-month long, 4700-mile excursion through some of the most
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from The Adventure Blog
Long distance ultralight hiker Andrew Skurka launched his Alaska-Yukon Expedition nearly two months ago, and during that period he has hiked, skied, and snow shoed over more than 1100 miles of remote Alaskan backcountry. During that time, he has seen some dramatic changes to the conditions in which he is traveling, and although spring has arrived up north, it hasn't always made his journey easier. In a recent post to the National Geographic Adventure Blog , where Skurka is keeping us all informed of his
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from The Adventure Blog
Long distance hiker Andrew Skurka has set off on his Alaska-Yukon Expedition, which I first told you about back in November . The journey will cover 4700 miles on foot, skis, and packraft through some of the most remote backcountry in Alaska and Canada's Yukon, and is expected to take approximately seven months to complete. Andrew arrived in Kotzebue, Alaska a few days back, and if everything has gone according to schedule, he should have set off today on a planned 34-mile ski trip to the first cabin he
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from Colorado MoJo
Keywords:
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Boulder-based uber-hiker Andrew Skurka,
Skurka Begins 4,700-Mile Odyssey,
Alaska,
Iditarod Trail,
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Boulder-based uber-hiker Andrew Skurka has begun his 6.5-month, 4,720-mile journey around Alaska and the Yukon, by skis, foot, and pack raft, almost entirely off-trail, through some of North Americas most rugged wilderness. On Saturday, Skurka landed in Kotzebue, Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, and yesterday he began skiing southward toward the Iditarod Trail. Forecast [...]
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from The Mountain World
If it were coming from anyone but Andrew Skurka, you'd dismiss the proposed "Great Alaskan-Yukon Loop" as sheer fantasy. But Skurka, whose accomplishments include a 6,875-mile trek around the American West (2007) and a 7,778-mile trek across the continent (2004-05), has the experience and skill to just-maybe pull this one off. Here's how he describes this ski-raft-hiking odyssey on his website: "The Great Alaskan-Yukon Loop (GAYL) is a 4,500-mile wilderness adventure around the state of Alaska and the ...
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