Pizza night on the King Salmon River. We actually got on the satellite phone and ordered 8 large pizzas from Ricardos in Dillinngham, about a 100 miles away. Then picked them up and flew the crew out to this little spot along the river.
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SA315B Lama helicopter recovering the Carson S-61 helicopter from the Iron 44 crash in Weaverville California. 9 Firefighters were killed and 4 injured. Photo: Ken Kuwahara
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In Memory of the Iron 44 Incident - Aug. 05, 2008
SA315B Lama helicopter recovering the Carson S-61 helicopter from the Iron 44 crash in Weaverville California. 9 Firefighters were killed and 4 injured. Photo: Ken Kuwahara
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- Setting down a sling load at the drill site.
- Picking up a sling load.
- Mitch, Driller Rich and Andrew.
- Taking a 5 minute break.
- On the road to Dillingham.
- PJ posing with 204CH, ASTAR.
- Timito catching the nerf foot ball.
- Erin
- One of the drill sites.
- Rock lickers Alexia and Jim on a pretty steep ridge.
- A sow and two cubs.
- Sliding down a snowfield on the ice chest
- Jim taking a toke.
- Alexia, my favorite rock licker.
- A double rainbow. A pretty common occurrence in Al...
- Lake Clark
- Alaska midnight sunset.
- Alpenglow on the helicopter.
- Tova and Tim "Timito" hanging out at my tent.
- Tova with, you guessed it, alcohol.
- Tova and Tim laying a walkway outside my tent.
- Lifting a couple of Rod Racks full of core.
- Tova hooking me up.
- Lifting the drill trailer.
- Hooking up for the drill trailer.
- Picking up the six wheeler.
- Andrew and "Big" Rich.
- Jim and Erin
- Sheryl claiming the Crown Royal as her own.
- Tova with 'suprise' a drink and Alexia comtemplati...
- Pizza night on the King Salmon River. We actually ...
- Sheryl and Erin playing in a lake.
- Mitch and Driller Rich on the drill on another fog...
- Driller Rich checking the water line.
- Sheryl on one of the many Dillingham trips.
- Hovering up to a ridge to drop a claim post.
- Tova with "surprise" alcohol.
- Mi amigo Timito, el pocito negrito. Tim once agai...
- Picking up a sling load from 10 mile strip. Andrew...
- Bo's Otter. Bo would fly supplies in to 10 mile st...
- Vic "The Cook" and her dog Spot, a.k.a "I Spotacus"
- Erin being cute.
- Getting ready to lift the Control Panel for the dr...
- PJ getting ready to go.
- Crooked Creek, on a "good" day.
- Tova's boots, and Tova's socks, and Tova's pants a...
- Stopped by one of the many lakes for a swim.
- Tova and Erin.
- Me and Alaska
- We actually landed on the basketball court in New ...
- PJ and Joe entertaining the crew during the 'Great...
- Tova and Sheryl examine the skull of a grizzly.
- Alexia just being... well, Alexia!
- Here's an arial photo of camp.The first big white ...
- Collecting snow is vital during the summer at camp...
- Here's a small herd of Caribou on a ridge near camp.
- Slinging a Six Wheeler in to camp.
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