Akshayuk Pass
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Graceful as a hippo in a tutu roller-skating on greased marbles
Auyuittuq has only fragments of trail- bits that you celebrate like a delerious drunken sailor before they disappear into a gouged-out riverbank or a rockslide. You start out at Pangnirtung Fiord on sand and feel like this will be a super-easy trail.… Continue reading
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Color and life in a barren land
In the Pacific Northwest, we tend to become hunched and dull during winter, when the slate grey days end too soon and the evergreen trees loom monotonously dark green. We board planes flying to sunny places, where light sparkles on… Continue reading
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The plan versus reality: Auyuittuq Trek
This has been a historic year for weather in many areas. My home, Washington state, has been hot and drought-stricken, resulting in failed crops and historic wildfires. This post is a week late after a historic windstorm swept through, leaving… Continue reading
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Appreciating the simple things- Auyuittuq Trek
The best lunch I’ve enjoyed in recent memory was delivered to my tent by guide Rhys Hill on a rainbound day at Summit Lake. Hot bannock grilled with cheese and ham delivered in a plastic bowl to the vestibule, along… Continue reading
A Place of River and Sky 