Alaska
arrival in Anchorage
Monday, May 29, 2006
In me in Anchorage, where I arrived today after Orstzeit 20.00 clock, it is now 22.45 clock (in Germany 10 hours later), so I have not slept for two nights. I want to take me so short. The adventure began
ever good. In Frankfurt, I was bursting to unload my packages from the train the pants in the crotch. Well, that was a great start, but at the station I found the next morning, a cleaning / repair tailoring, where I got a needle and thread and was able to remove the pants in the locker room.
flight and entry checks were completed without problems, both in Atlanta and in Anchorage were the 3 boxes complete and without challenge. Taxi took me to the Youth Hostel. The flight from Atlanta to Anchorage was first over the Midwest. The view of the vast forests of Canada and the snow-capped Rockies was fantastic.
will certainly go camping more often, because YH costs $ 22 per night and moves with the times the money.
The weather here is excellent (sunny, 18-20 ° C, little wind)
rain just before the start
Tuesday, 05.30.2006 / Wednesday 31.05.2006:
The bike was assembled quickly, everything OK except for the Dynamo. He has suffered an irreparable mechanical damage during transport and there are no (not even in an otherwise first-class special operations). "In Anchorage now seems the sun 19 hours," the answer in the bicycle shop. In Central America, I shall take care not to drive at night and in the south it is again bright in the search I've seen at least a little bit of Anchorage, but offers little worth seeing.
Nachdem gestern ein angenehmer Sonnentag war, regnet es heute permanent. Alle Lebensmitteleinkaeufe sind getaetigt und Benzin fuer den Kocher ist getankt (es ist schon schwierig hier 0,15 Galonnen, etwa 0,5 l fuer 47 Cent an der Tankstelle zu bekommen). Im Youth-Hostel hab ich dem Leiter, Jasou, einem geborenem Kambodschaner, ein bisschen geholfen und heute gibt es noch ein Abschiedsessen. Wir werden sehen, wann ich die naechste Tagebucheintragung vornehmen kann.
Es wird ernst - die Tour beginnt
Donnerstag 01.06.2006 bis Mittwoch 07.06.2006
An dem Schnitt von weniger als 15 km /h sieht man deutlich that it is not so easy to move forward. Yes, something else is set at home (the "green table"), the periods of the day when they will implement within the woods of Alaska and Canada into practice. Fatigue of the time change, cold wind and rain in the first few days, it (almost always) head wind (would be focused on wind actually blowing from north to south), not to be underestimated weight of luggage and as the main factor is the ability (I do not intend say mountains), which can bear no rhythm, are the reasons that driving is not always a pleasure. And it's also not the youngest. The beautiful landscape, but with time hat man sich daran satt gesehen.
Am dritten Tag war ich zweimal von Regen und Schwitzen vollkommen durchgeweicht. Einen Tag spaeter war nach 3 Stunden Schluss. Eine "Cabin" gemietet, die Sachen gewaschen und getrocknet. Nach 13 Stunden Schlaf (damit war der Zeitunterschied vollstaendig ueberwunden) sah die Welt wieder besser aus.
Uebrigens kurz vor der Grenze nach Kanada traf ich Frank , einen deutschen Radfahrer aus Schwaebisch-Hall, der durch Kanada gefahren war und von Anchorage zurueckfliegt. Nach einem 3-monatigen Aufenthalt in Deutschland, will er seine Weltumradelung in Japan fortsetzen - auch so kommt man um die Welt. Er sagte mir, dass er unterwegs 2 x 2 Radreisende getroffen has to do also in Patagonia. Alaska - Patagonia INN seems to be.
Stats
692 km (+ 33 km), Hm 3420, 47:56 Std./63: 00 hours
5 ½ days riding, 2 ½ day off, 2 days for Directions
121 km / day, 14.4 km / hr, 589 Hm / day, 494 km Hm/100
Route.
Anchorage - Glenn Highway to Glennallen (1) - Tok Cutoff to Tok (1) - Alaska Highway (1) the Canadian / American border and on to Whitehorse (Canada).
photos to Canada
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