Whittier, AK - The expression is that it's "Shittier in Whittier." .
Whittier is accesible by boat or by one lane road through a railway tunnel. As soon as we came through the tunnel is started raining and didn't stop for four days
We loaded a water taxi with our gear and the kayaks and headed to Desicion Pt. State Park from Whittier.
Front: Liz & Kyle Back: Ramon and Aria
Chin Yong (CY) and Tim taking the double out for a spin - our first day out.
Pizza making class - it's raining again.
Proofing the yeast.
The instructors were savvy and brought fresh cilantro and sun-dried tomatoes. They of course have done this many times before.
Our tent group for the first ration week: Isky, Andrew, Anglea and me. Who knew you could make pizza in the backcountry?
The whole AOEX1 crew.
After being weathered out the day before we finally leave Decision Point State Park - after three days.
Brooke (front) and Jess
Kyle is excited that it's not raining - for now.
Blackstone (?) Glacier and the Chugach Mountains surrounding Prince William Sound.
Anglea and what is that? The sun?!?
So many lines to be skiied.
Raul - one of our fearless instructors.
Most of the islands we camped on were super marshy on the interior. Small ponds like this one would form and even in the grass the water would seep over the top of your Extra-Tuffs.
Ramon the Fish Whisperer (another one of our instructors).
Isky and Anglea.
One of our few sunny days. It was a pretty nice day to be in Alaska!
Getting ready for class - to learn C to C bracing.
Ramon shows us all the equipment necessary for fishing.
Conor fly fishing.
We had to advantage of every oppourtunity to dry out our stuff.
On our day off we got to sleep in - so I got up early to enjoy the low tide and the view.
Sunstars.
Brooke (our instructor) going through the steps for the reration. The trash bag on the thermarest is the NOLS standard whiteboard.
