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Dec 16, 2009 at 9:36 pm #1252818

Andrew Skurka
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@askurka

In the next hour I'd like to finalize the name of my 2010 project. Below are the finalists. Thoughts please…

Alaskan Wilderness Experience (AWE)
-or- Alaskan Wilderness Epic (AWE)

Alaskan Epic Odyssey (AEO)

Alaska-Brooks Circuit (ABC)

Alaskan Ranges Epic Adventure (AREA)

Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K)

Dec 16, 2009 at 9:44 pm #1554641

Dan @ Durston Gear
BPL Member

@dandydan
Locale: Canadian Rockies

I like:

Alaskan Wilderness Epic (AWE)
Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K) – AK4K has a nice ring to it.

Dec 16, 2009 at 9:52 pm #1554644

Brad Rogers
BPL Member

@mocs123
Locale: Southeast Tennessee

I think I prefer this one:

Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K)

Dec 16, 2009 at 9:53 pm #1554645

Chris Morgan
BPL Member

@chrismorgan
Locale: Southern Oregon

+1 AK4K

Dec 16, 2009 at 9:54 pm #1554646

Peter Sustr
BPL Member

@czechxpress
Locale: Boulder

Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K) has my vote

Dec 16, 2009 at 9:59 pm #1554649

Luke Schmidt
BPL Member

@cameron
Locale: Alaska

What happened to "The Great Anti-Social Death Wish" and "When Hell Freezes Over?" Along those lines I had thought of "Andy's Death March" and "The Great Race to the next Food Drop" or "The Most Extreme Way to Wear Out a Closet Full of Shoes."

On a serious note I like Alaska Wilderness Epic and Alaska Ranges Epic Advanture they're easy to say and make sense.

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:03 pm #1554652

Luke Schmidt
BPL Member

@cameron
Locale: Alaska

Never mind I'm changing my mind. I like AK4K better too. I vote for that.

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:03 pm #1554653

D S
BPL Member

@onthecouchagain
Locale: Sunny SoCal

Simple, descriptive…nuff said.

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:06 pm #1554655

Andrew Skurka
BPL Member

@askurka

A consensus seems to be forming.

What happens if the trip ends up being 4,500 miles? Do I use kilometers instead? AK8K

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:12 pm #1554660

Dan @ Durston Gear
BPL Member

@dandydan
Locale: Canadian Rockies

The only problem with AK4K (or really any of these names) is that a lot of this trip (roughly 1/3) is outside AK in the Yukon….not that I have a good suggestion that incorporates this….maybe AKYK4K but that's getting long and awkward. It looks more like a postal code than a trip name.

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:17 pm #1554663

Andrew Skurka
BPL Member

@askurka

I received a few names that incorporated the Yukon.

"ALKON," a play on the Alcan Highway

And numerous names including "Last Frontier." So, "Last Frontier Wilderness Epic," etc.

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:23 pm #1554667

Luke Schmidt
BPL Member

@cameron
Locale: Alaska

The only idea I can think of to fix the Yukon problem would be something like "Artic 4000" but that might sound too much like "Artic 600" and besides to be technical a lot of the trip is not really above the artic circle. "Alaska-Yukon Trek" sounds more like a tour company to me. I say stay with AK4K.

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:27 pm #1554668

D S
BPL Member

@onthecouchagain
Locale: Sunny SoCal

I mean really, what's an additional 500 miles anyway? Well, Ok…so it is a lot, but it's all in the name!

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:34 pm #1554670

John S.
BPL Member

@jshann

Great North American Loop (GNAL)

Great North American Trek (GNAT)

Great Alaskan Loop

Great Alaskan Trek

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:53 pm #1554673

Jack H.
Member

@found
Locale: Sacramento, CA

AWE is too similar to a guiding outfitter up there.

ABC doesn't make much sense to me.

"Epic" isn't a term I'm a fan of. Especially as it can be a positive or a negative.

I like AK4K

Dec 16, 2009 at 10:56 pm #1554674

Peter Sustr
BPL Member

@czechxpress
Locale: Boulder

you can always go with the YukonK8K

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:41 am #1554691

joe newton
BPL Member

@holdfast
Locale: Bergen, Norway

another vote for AK4K

Dec 17, 2009 at 6:43 am #1554728

Andrew Skurka
BPL Member

@askurka

Okay, I get the point. Not sure it will end up being AK4K or AK8K or something else, but this structure is the winner. Thanks a guys.

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:23 pm #1554885

Sam Haraldson
BPL Member

@sharalds
Locale: Gallatin Range

Epic is far too over-used lately. I do like the AK4K-style naming convention.

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:30 pm #1554887

Andrew Skurka
BPL Member

@askurka

Approximately one-third of the route (about 1,500 miles) are in the Yukon. That's a lot of miles to ignore, don't you think?

You guys clearly like the structure of the AK4K — it's got a nice ring and it's descriptive.

If we keep it descriptive while including the Yukon, what do we get?

"Last Frontier Four-Thousand"

"Wild Yukon Four-Thousand" (in reference namely to the river, which I'm essentially circumnavigating)

Some reference to the total number of road crossings, e.g. "Ten Roads Four-Thousand"

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm #1554895

CW
BPL Member

@simplespirit
Locale: .

I was thinking about something with Frontier in it earlier today. Ex. Great Frontier Loop or GFL.

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:41 pm #1554897

Peter Sustr
BPL Member

@czechxpress
Locale: Boulder

I just looked at the map on your website again, what about Alaska360? You are pretty much circling the state.

or Great Alaskan Adventure 4K or Alaskan Four Thousand…..

To work of the Palin thing…Going Rouge in Alaska

Just some new ideas.

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:54 pm #1554906

Sam Haraldson
BPL Member

@sharalds
Locale: Gallatin Range

YT4K

Dec 17, 2009 at 1:55 pm #1554907

Brad Groves
BPL Member

@4quietwoods
Locale: Michigan

AWE wins for me–Experience, not Epic. I think it speaks to the tone of the journey more. "Epic" has become so over-used that when I hear it I think of a weekend-warrior or office jock trying to one-up their story.

AK4K has no appeal to me. No ring to it, no real tone or background to it.

Might consider RAW–Real (or Remote) Alaska Wilderness

Dec 17, 2009 at 2:25 pm #1554919

David Ure
Member

@familyguy

I like NO60

North of 60.
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