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On day 6, our over night stay at Tok left us short by around 250 miles from the city of Fairbanks which is the starting point of the Dalton Highway which ends in the city of Deadhorse, on the Arctic Ocean. During the early settlement and mining of gold around Alaska, horses were shipped via rail or otherwise and the long journey left them malnourished or dead by the end of their journey,hence the name Deadhorse. Prior to this trip, both members of this Dell-MCP Rugged team believed that
“JOURNEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DESTINATION”
For this adventure, that position is publically reversed because the destination has become all consuming for both of us. We may look into the logic of reversal of this policy for later but for now the single focus is required. The team crossed the 66° 33’ parallel to move into the Arctic Circle to pursue this goal on the 6th day of this trip. This was the final leg of our journey but stories we heard in Tok and then at Coldfoot about the weather and the road conditions did not make us warm and fuzzy about this upcoming journey.
While the stories in the bar room were disheartening , we met incredibly positive people like Gustavo, who had started on a bicycle from Buenes Aires 18 months ago and had pedaled the continent all the way to DeadHorse and was now heading back home. With his inspiring send off and some last minute checkup to our vehicle we made good time to end up at the campsite COLDFOOT which is almost half way to the end of the line for these two horses. We are well fed and have good vehicle and hope to make it to the end of the line tomorrow.
“COLD FOOT, ALASKA”
“MILE POST 175 ON DALTON HIGHWAY”