Hubbleboy, isn’t it nice to know the human experience isn’t always about tragedy? Sometimes, it is about triumph. It was one of my greatest pleasures, once i managed to harness in that clucking mother hen instinct, to watch these boys grow with their experience.

A.B., the Chugach might be tame compared to the Alaska Range, but both are a wilderness to take seriously into consideration. I don’t recommend any bicycle tour along these two ranges unless you are a seasoned veteran or have made adequate preparations. A little knowledge about the wildlife is also helpful.

Mitch, Leon has always been a superstar in my book, and the other boys as well. But then, that was the motivation for the story.

Grainne, i split the story in half for two reasons. One, i wanted to add in some descriptions of the three “towns” we went through along the way, which kind of stretched the story out a little, and two, because i wanted to add more photographs. I just couldn’t narrow them down to three or four.