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Dec 17, 2009 at 3:00 pm #1554938
Go do it and let the name come to you along the way…sort of the way a trail name evolves on the trail.
Dec 17, 2009 at 3:14 pm #1554948The Yukon Cornelius 4K
or maybe the Rudolph Challenge
Dec 17, 2009 at 4:07 pm #1554974Great Alaskan Four Thousand (GA4K)
Dec 17, 2009 at 5:30 pm #1555013TMSHMC – The Midnight Sun Hungry Mosquito Challenge
Dec 17, 2009 at 5:35 pm #1555017Thats my favorite one yet.
Dec 17, 2009 at 6:17 pm #1555031"The Yukon Cornelius 4K"
Chris, you just made my day.Whatever the name ends up as, I'll be looking forward to the pics. If you get a picture of Yukon Cornelius, well… you win!
Dec 18, 2009 at 11:28 pm #1555385Definately agree the Yukon should be incorporated somehow. Just can't think of anything that slides off the tongue.
Dec 19, 2009 at 10:33 am #1555435AY4K
Dec 19, 2009 at 1:32 pm #1555462Boy, AY4K, so simple and obvious.
If you had your choice of the two names below, what is your choice?
Alaska Yukon Four-Thousand (AY4K)
Last Frontier Four-Thousand (LF4K)Dec 19, 2009 at 1:55 pm #1555467AY4K. I think that there are some other "last frontiers" out there.
Dec 19, 2009 at 2:24 pm #1555473My vote for AY4K (or AY8K).
Dec 19, 2009 at 2:49 pm #1555475definitely AY4K
sounds oddly French…..EY WHY FOR QUE?
Dec 19, 2009 at 3:25 pm #1555483If only the trip was half as long…
Dec 19, 2009 at 9:26 pm #1555546Another vote for AY4K
Dec 22, 2009 at 12:30 am #1556110AY4K gets my vote
Dec 22, 2009 at 7:27 am #1556141Dec 22, 2009 at 12:29 pm #1556194I'm torn… the AY4K appeals to my pragmatic side, however as an occasional idealist, I really like "Last Frontier Four-Thousand (LF4K)". It has adventure and excitement oozing from every word.
The concept of a frontier's existence has been debated much throughout North American History. I particularly like a Harvard University Professor, Frederick Jackson Turner, 1893
definition of the concept of the "Frontier Line". He defined it as “the meeting point between savagery and civilization”I feel that many parts of Alaska still have such areas and thus the LF4K could hold substance. Perhaps its worthwhile to replace "Last" with "Alaskan-Yukon" to the title to be clear which of the "frontiers" in the world you are referring to.
So, how about simply combining both names into one?
"Alaskan-Yukon Frontier Four-Thousand (AYF4K)"
If you are interested in reading more from Professor Turner, his essay, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," is available here: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TURNER/
Dec 22, 2009 at 3:28 pm #1556242I like the idea of the AK4K; however, since you think it will be 4,000+ miles and 7 months, I think a really cool name would be AK47: Alaska-Yukon, 4k miles, 7 months. It's an intense name and would attract a lot of attention. The AK47 Loop.
best,
tommyFeb 2, 2010 at 8:35 pm #1569154The route is just about dialed, and it's coming out to 4,759.1. The ultimate distance will of course be different, but so long as I stick to my intended route I think the realistic difference might be 100 miles plus/minus.
So what do you call it now?
Alaska-Yukon 5000 sounds good, but it's about 250 mi overstated.
Alaska-Yukon 4750 isn't as nice a rounded number. Looks like a model number for a canoe.
Not too late to change things…
Feb 3, 2010 at 3:26 am #1569207I think in this case, nobody's going to split hairs. "Oh no, he said 5000 and OOOONLY went 4750!" Well… come to think of it, I'm sure some folks would be nitpicky enough to do that. Certainly not me.
Here are two ideas: Call it the Alaska-Yukon 4000, and then wow everyone by overshooting by 750 miles! Or, at the end turn around and walk 125 miles, then back again. 5000 miles total! :-D
But seriously, as long as there are good pictures and good stories at the end, I think you can lay any complaints to rest.
Feb 5, 2010 at 3:14 pm #1570225how about "8 million steps"
figuring 3 ft per stride, equaling 1760 steps per mile, times 4759.1 miles = 8,376,016 steps. rounding down, unfairly, to 8 million
i don't konw if this does your trip justice since it's in alaska and the yukon, and the cold should probably be in the name, but it's something different
Feb 5, 2010 at 4:06 pm #1570240"Skurka's Folly"?
Feb 5, 2010 at 10:42 pm #1570328I think it's fine to use 5000. 4759 is pretty darn close and I'm sure the actual milage will end up being even closer to 5000.
Feb 7, 2010 at 4:35 pm #1570917Wild Yukon is better than last frontier. More descriptive (lots of places could be last frontiers) and less over the top.
Feb 10, 2010 at 12:00 pm #1572214AY5K and make the route 5,000 to make honest with the name
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