This is a bit of a spin of some stories that Dan told me, as well as stuff that I made up. It's probably completely insane, but that is where the appeal is. It would probably never happen in the next seven years, but that just means that I have a lot of time to plan.
Start:
Boulder, CO. June 20th. 0600 hours. Home. With a backpack full of clothes, gear, money, and plane tickets From DIA to Whitehorse, Y.T. and a passport. Leave the house on the trusty b.a.s.s.
1300ish hours. Arrive at DIA, pack bike in box, and check backpack. Board Plane.
1800ish hours. Arrive in Whitehorse Y.T. and ride to the campground at the start of the 24 hours of light. Set up camp and go riding. Spent 2 days riding in the area, and camping.
June 23rd 1200 hours. Begin the 24 hours of light mountain bike race. solo. on a single speed. race around the clock on the summer solstice, with out lights, and naked at midnight.
June 24th 1200 hours. end race, pack up camp and ride from Whitehorse towards Carcross Y.T. spend the night camping, resting, and eating.
June 25th 0900 hours. pack up and ride the remaining distance to carcoss, then on to Bennett, B.C. Refill supplies, by a gun, eat lunch/dinner and go to bed.
June 26th 0600 hours. Take bike, strap it to pack, and start hiking In the direction of Dyea, AK. Although it is possible to travel along the Chilkoot trail, that would be making things much too easy. Why not just hike along the trail? For one, during the month of June and July, Rangers have to limit the number of hikers to 50 a day, there is no way I would have an interest in dealing with that many people. Also, there are a huge number of fees that must be paid to use the trail and campsites. I'm on a budget.
Somewhere around 40-50 miles through the Coastal Mountains, this hike/ride would be entirely removed from any civilization for at least 3 or 4 days. About half-way along the way, you cross over from BC to AK where, hopefully, nobody notices.
Once arriving in Dyea, spent the night, take a shower, eat some real food, and sleep in a bed. The next morning, get up and ride to Skagway, where you can catch a Flight or ferry to Seatle. From there, fly back to Denver and ride home.
Thats my adventure. Whats yours.
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