The Times and Travels of Nolan
Documenting trips I've taken and places I've seen.
You know what was the coolest part of working in Alaska in August of 2024? The correct answer is “everything”. But it was especially awesome to go to Denali one weekend for work, and then get the chance to go right back to the national park the next weekend with my family. We spent a …
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Low clouds obscured the sun once again as August 24, 2024 dawned in the central Alaska Range. Matt and I awoke in our cabin in Healy to the reality that our grandiose plans of climbing above the treeline would probably be cold, windy, wet, and miserable. That’s not to say that there was no fun …
If you’re anything like me, then you grew up fascinated my maps, globes, and other things that depicted far-away places. The typical globe when I was growing up showed a few geographic features. Invariably, if mountains were included, then they’d have to include the highest peak in North America – Mount McKinley. At 20,310 feet, …
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted one of these. The simple reason there hasn’t been one lately: I have been going, going, going non-stop. For essentially 10 days now, life has been a blur. There was: Yeah, it’s been a whirlwind. The first two weeks here were sort of lonely, but I …
