Back To Town | Off-Grid Logistics Trip | Remote Alaska 

Ed is a unic soul with unbeliveble knowlage and skills. I am a streetguy from the red light distirct. I would have more fears in the world of Ed. Alone and no 911? As long as the body can handle all the stress Ed will make it. But I think that he needs much money or many friends that comes over for 2 weeks to support with the building projects like the bathhouse conection to the cabin or the wood shed building. The normal live its up so much time in the rutine or daily live program that there is not much time less for other projects. I am 60 in some weeks. My body is not the same as 20 years ago. 30 years in the FM World facility manager- the bones the eyes and so on. With a partner Eds live would be diferend. Even if not a parnter for"the night" but for the live- it could help. But how would like to live there when Ed is working 🙂 It must be a crew with 3-4 men or so...Frank from Hamburg

The left lamp is low beam and both on are high beam.

I’d love to have a CH 54. Or a S-92 would be nice too. I did lots of air assault stuff in the army. Mostly CH 47 and Blackhawks. Rappelling and sling loads. Did my Air Assault course in Hawaii. 🇺🇸🫡

Thank you! I may do it again to pickup my garden fencing but in daylight hours this next time.

What's the male retirement age in America ???

One headlamp is low beam. Both on is high beam. I’ve been told around 50 times one headlamp is out. 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes, mountain snow machines are narrow so you can tip them to one ski easily. And the machine is new so I’m still in break in mode for about another tankful of gas. I’ve only hit full throttle for a few times and only for a couple seconds. It’s frightfully fast. I won’t be using full throttle very often on this thing.

Safety is my middle name. (On Mondays and Fridays) 🤣

Best of luck at your Talkeetna Alaska dream! It’s worth the extra effort to live here.

Thank you very much! Trying to get better at video and editing with every new video. Audio is a battle I’m not doing too well at. But that’s my equipment. Might ditch GoPro and go with DJI equipment.

The left lamp is low beam and both on are high beam.

Welcome aboard!

Turbo sound is good sound. Wait till I pull the throttle all the way back. Lol. It stands up immediately and screams.

Glad you enjoyed it

That’s the only bridge across the Talkeetna River! Yes the new snowmachine has one light on for low beam and both come on for high beam. I can use the snowmachine back to town if the conditions are good and usually only from Dec to April.

It was difficult to edit because I had so much footage. Only ended up using about 5% of what I shot. Thanks for watching my channel.

An ATV or ATV and trailer could never make it here.

There isn’t a very maintained “trail” from the lake to here. In fact after this current windstorm it’s most likely covered back up again already.

I like doing things the hard way most of the time. 😂

@MountainMariner ok I understand looking forward to the next one 🙂

Because I’d need to always have a snow machine in town which isn’t an option. And river conditions would be an issue. Plus 2 parts of the intertie are tough to get through. Especially with a sled.

Yeah I don’t think Talkeetna had street lights. The Tubbs cat passed away years ago. Don’t know if they have a new cat mayor. I’d vote for Beaver Cat over at Talkeetna Air Taxi. Cool cat.

Impossible on an ATV.

A hand tool always gets the job done. Batteries hate the cold and I just find hand tools are the way to go clearing trail. Until I get to a large tree across the trail. Then I go get the chainsaw.

I’ve never busted a snow machine up yet. But I did get stuck badly once at night about 4 miles away from the cabin. Snowshoe back to the cabin.

I drink lots of water. More than most people. Almost two gallons on strenuous days. I keep track of my water consumption because I use 32 ounce (quart) canteens and I ALWAYS drink at least four of them every day. I don’t eat on the trail.

thats cool! I also drink ca.4-5 liter poor water a day. I stop drinking 4 hours bevore I go to sleep because the organs need time and energy to work and its better for the sleeping..Water is live. Keeps the organs fresh produces more hormons (also via liver the power hormon organ) the cidneys gets washed and so on. I stoped drinking alcohols 33 years ago. I had to much of that stuff.@@MountainMariner

Me too. I was fully expecting a moose or two to challenge me on the hard packed trail. No moose spotted the entire trip which is good. 1600 pounds wins over 230 every day.

Cats have no pockets to stash illicit monetary gains. The cats have my vote.

I can't believe you don't have one of those headlights that attached to your head

I had two headlamps for my head and a flashlight. Two rockets parachute flares and 3 road flares. Plus numerous ways to make fires.

I am sore. But that is good to be sore. Means I’m doing something right.

28 miles there and then 28 back. But if I add the trailblazing another 22-30 miles. Somewhere around a 100 miles.

Trains are big, loud and have a bright headlight. Plus they generally move on tracks which alert the wise to their presence. Lol.

My neighbor has a cabin very close to me but only uses it occasionally as a vacation retreat. Usually twice a year.

I do have cross country skies and they are useful when the snow conditions are right. Much quicker than snowshoes to get around with.

Nothing much frightens me. Except maybe a bear inside my cabin. (And the house of representatives and senate are almost as scary as a bear inside my cabin.)

@@MountainMariner LoL You got that right. At least you are not dealing with the illegal immigrants up there.

The cabin was not secured for freezing. So I had stuffed the woodstove before I left, cranked it to the lowest setting and needed to get back before things started freezing.

It certainly made for a long day.

Night doesn’t bother me much. I was concerned about moose on the trail but saw none on the entire trip. Day or night.

@@MountainMariner yep, moose would worry me too. The snowmobile had good headlights.

A lot. Around $800.00.

The new turbo will overheat on hard pack trail. It needs powder snow to cool the engine properly.

I used to work on an icebreaker in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The only abnormalities I saw there were fellow crew members. Also worked on a research icebreaker in Antarctica. Same thing there. 🤣

You ever done any research on Admiral bird ?You ever read the book The Smokey God ? Do you know if at the time you were in the far North your captain had clearance from the DoD ?One more question how many miles off shore was you ?

Northern Sled Works 10 foot Cross Fox.

I also notice you drive standing up instead of sitting down what would be the reason for that?

Yes. Snowmobiles in the backcountry require great exertion. You will sweat even in very cold temperatures.

Trail snowmobiling is sit on the seat with both skies flat on the ground and normal smooth throttle input. Mountain riding you need to stand up, and frequently ride side hill with one ski up off the ground and throttle modulated to either level the snow under the track or keep from spinning the track too much. Constant throttle will get you stuck quick. Trail riding snowmobile users don’t understand that if they’ve never ridden in the mountains. Every comment section of mountain snowmobile channels you get the trail guys scolding mountain riders to stop pulsing their throttles. 🤣

A backup what?

Talkeetna Mountain Range North of Talkeetna.

No I haven’t but I’d like to. Maybe a SWT (super wide track 24”) Skandic should be in my future. My only concern with that is I still need a work sled that can side hill. So I wouldn’t get rid of the Tundra.

@@MountainMariner Im looking for a WT now but I dont have the terrain that you have. more flat here

@@MountainMariner Everyone knows you cant just have one sled, especially in your situation . No room for errors , were getting too old for things to go wrong if we an prevent it.