Anchorage, AK

It was a long day of traveling (12+ hours), but I’m finally here. Alaska is beautiful! It’s the perfect temperature all the time. We met a fantastic waitress at our first restaurant, which also has incredible pizza!

First thing was getting all the equipment and all our stuff to where we’re staying. It’s a cabin feel in the front and a garage in the back. It’s the Alaskan mullet, in building form. Our fridge is stocked. And is now overflowing with two enormous boxes of pizza. Everyone’s eyes were bigger than their stomachs from traveling all day. But now we have leftovers!

This is going to be quite a journey, learning experience, and a ton of fun. I don’t feel out of my comfort zone yet, but I know that I will soon. That’s half the reason I wanted to do this trip. Similar to Australia I’ll be in situations I’ve never been in before and are completely new to me, but that’s what will make it the most fun.

Our crew for filming, climbing, and living together is just awesome and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to dive into this new experience with. As far as I know this is all new to all of us, save for a few activities. But those will have to wait.

Tomorrow will be a nice recovery day for us, but we’re jumping right in on safety when climbing, hiking, moving as a team, and many other situations too. Already feeling less overwhelmed than I did getting off the plane. I had been telecommuting into class in DC while I was in Wisconsin and felt a little separated from the group, but not anymore! We're gonna have a blast!

Time to finally get to bed. It’s 2:30 am in Wisconsin and 11:30 pm here in Anchorage. Funny thing is: here it’s still light out. The sun is almost fully set, but with a range of mountains near us it couldn’t get any better!

Arrivederci!