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    Stephanie Jordan
    Spectator

    @maia

    Locale: Rocky Mountains
    #2039293
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    You are Amazing!

    This is the essence of living.

    Thank You.

    #2039298
    Andrew F
    Member

    @andrew-f

    Locale: San Francisco Bay Area

    Bravo Kristin! I heard about your trip here on BPL from Peter Vacco and followed along on your blog. I was hoping you'd write it up at some point so I could live vicariously through your adventure. The courage to go out there – WAY out there – by yourself, for so long, is worthy of recognition. This one belongs in the same rarefied air as Skurka's Alaska-Yukon Expedition or Dave Turner spending 34 days alone on Cerro Escudo. My hat is off to you.

    #2039316
    Ike Jutkowitz
    BPL Member

    @ike

    Locale: Central Michigan

    Awesome

    #2039329
    HkNewman
    BPL Member

    @hknewman

    Locale: The West is (still) the Best

    Congrats. Just all sorts of awesome pictures.

    #2039382
    James Marco
    BPL Member

    @jamesdmarco

    Locale: Finger Lakes

    Well Done!!

    #2039390
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Wow, simply wow. Thank you so much for sharing.

    (and, i feel i've just fallen in love in many ways)

    #2039398
    BER —
    BPL Member

    @ber

    Locale: Wisconsin

    Wow. Bravo!
    Envious and in awe…

    #2039399
    Richard Cullip
    BPL Member

    @richardcullip

    Locale: San Diego County

    Wow! What a great hike and well told tale.

    #2039403
    Chad Lorenz
    BPL Member

    @chadl

    Locale: Teton Valley, Wydaho

    What an excellent adventure! A great reminder that "the dream" needs to be big enough to fill the landscape, and that those places still exist.

    #2039408
    Ian
    BPL Member

    @10-7

    One of the best articles I've read here at BPL. Well done!

    #2039414
    Jim H
    BPL Member

    @jraiderguy

    Locale: Bay Area

    for a beautiful story and for sharing your adventure with us.

    #2039417
    Joshua Welbaum
    Member

    @jshwelbaum

    Locale: Northwest

    Wow. Thank you.
    Joshua

    #2039499
    Phillip Asby
    BPL Member

    @pgasby

    Locale: North Carolina

    well that was an extraordinary read. Just an amazing journey – thank you for sharing it with us! It is a trip I cannot even imagine tackling.

    #2039521
    Paul Magnanti
    BPL Member

    @paulmags

    Locale: Colorado Plateau

    As I plot my escape from my beige box, this was inspiring to read. :)

    #2039576
    Manfred
    BPL Member

    @orienteering

    Kristin,

    It was very inspriring and encouraging to read your trip report. The Brooks Range is one of the next hikes I'm targeting. I won't be able to take off more than three weeks (may be max four), so a complete traverse is most likely not in my near future. Watching Buck Nelson's (he is also a BPL member) video about his solo 1000 mile traverse of the Brooks Range and reading your trip report makes me want to grab my backpack with my Alpacka and go.

    Congratulations on a great adventure!

    Manfred

    #2039580
    Mark Helmus
    BPL Member

    @markhelmusgmail-com

    You are courageous and resourceful. How about a book?

    #2039600
    Ken Thompson
    BPL Member

    @here

    Locale: Right there

    A brilliant trip. For those who can't access the article you can read her detailed blog entries here,

    http://kristingates.wordpress.com/

    Thanks again to Peter Vacco for telling us about her journey earlier.

    http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/forums/thread_display.html?forum_thread_id=78934

    #2039603
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California

    One of the best ever shared on BPL!

    #2039677
    Worth Donaldson
    BPL Member

    @worth

    I too was in Kotzebue this summer. A group of us paddled the Kokolik River with high hopes of seeing lots of caribou and muskox. Hiking across the tussocks well pass midnight planted the seed of hiking the Brooks Range some day. You are an inspiration and I need to seriously give thought to this seed.

    #2039718
    spelt with a t
    BPL Member

    @spelt

    Locale: Rangeley, ME

    This was excellent. Congratulations on your planning and hard work culminating in success. Thank you, too, for your write-up. A story well worth sharing, and you told it well.

    #2039748
    Sean Heenan
    Member

    @roadster1

    Locale: Southeast mountains

    Great trip, I'm getting off the sofa and going to the mountains for a hike.

    #2039785
    John Mc
    BPL Member

    @retiredjohn

    Locale: PNW

    My jaw is still dropped. What a journey! You're an amazing woman.

    #2039786
    Gary Dunckel
    BPL Member

    @zia-grill-guy

    Locale: Boulder

    Thanks for a most excellent trip report. You are one amazing young lady.

    #2039809
    TAG in AZ
    BPL Member

    @tagiam

    Locale: PHX

    Simply awesome. And, a well written story.

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