We went back and went south.

Bikerafting Alaska's Lost Coast: Yakutat to Glacier Bay. from lacemine29 on Vimeo.

Lost coast complete.
next up...

slowly learning Final cut pro, it does not help with getting sleep...
here is "The Dark" trailer :


Lost Coast Trailer from Eric Parsons on Vimeo.

Here is one trial clip I re-formatted from the slide show:

Lost Coast Sitkagi Bluffs from Eric Parsons on Vimeo.

ADN

Melissa DeVaughn wrote a nice article about the trip that was just in the Outdoor section:
link here

Video

I finally got around to downloading the 2.5 hrs of footage from the trip onto my hard drive. So once I learn some new software I'll post a short clip of it on here.

Bike thoughts

-Singlespeed was the only way to go for sure.
-24-22 gearing was great or 22-20.
-No brakes, the grit & sand destroyed the bb7's in less than a week and we eventually took them off. We didnt really need them anyway.
-Fixed is not a bad idea at all, For pugs, running a fixed on the front as backup is the way to go, the bmx freewheel stopped turning by hand after a few days due to lack of seals. That being said, both our freewheels (shimano & DT) worked fine the whole trip.
-Phil wood bb's are still spinning slop free - This is nothing short of totally amazing.
-Chains took serious abuse, stainless might be the way to go for longer trips.
-Surly tubes are bomber, zero flats and their ease of patching was good piece of mind.
-OMM Racks were bomber as expected, they were beat up hard and held up great.
-Checking the tightness of chainring bolts is pretty darn important...