Arrigetch Peaks hiking and packrafting, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska. 

I know the mosquitoes and weather sucked, but still some beautiful scenery. I know everyone is different, but the music playing in the background was a killer for me. Would have been awesome just to hear nature, or even you guys talking, during the video. But hey, still better than any video I've done, lol.

Good job improvising a repair with the stick!

Got dropped off on land approx. a mile above Geodeke lake on 8-17 with Caribou all over as well as a white wolf, next day another 4 miles. Rafted 3 days to the confluence of Arrigetch CK. Humped up 8 miles via the "trial" to the head of the valley where the creek splits in front of Elephants tooth. Nice meadow to camp on a bench up the left side. Too much rain, bugs not bad, a few sunny patches to save the trip. Flew out of Circle Lake on the 31st. Barely made it out that day as the pilot said he almost didn't come due to low ceiling. I hear ya about a sufferfest.

I Googled 'how many calories in a mosquito' and found that there are supposed to be 0.01 calories in each mosquito. I suspect that Alaska mosquitos are large enough to have several times that amount. In a survival situation you could get a few thousand calories per day by eating a few hundred thousand mosquitos. And it most likely would not take long to find that many. In fact...that many would find you!

What time of the year did you go? We're going at the end of August this year.