The land of eternal sun, snow, bugs, and fog! I have just come down from the Davidson glacier to Haines. The mountain Guiding trip was, like many things in my life, full of contadiction. Beauty and the beast! Some days were wonderful, 100% sun and climbing massive glaciers and extended mountains. On other days we were confined to tents while the fog, rain and depression - weather that is; swirled around us. Other lows, besides the weather, were pooping on a...

ARRIVED in Alaska... messed up my internal clock... and oh my God - you said its what time 11PM!!!??? And its still broad day light... need a beer! Had a beer and its now 1am Alaska time... 8pm Sydney and its still light out... weird!!! At least now I will sleep! Got lucky with a place to stay... advice - don't arrive somewhere without knowing where your staying ESPECIALLY after 26 hours of flying and little sleep! Anyway... the flight in was beautiful from a...