We intend to explore America's energy situation as we ski the crest of the Brooks Range, from the Canadian Border to the Alaskan Pipeline and Pruedoe Bay oilfield.
Our planned route is 300 miles of rugged ridgeline that separates tundra and the arctic from the more friendly Boreal forests. Our trip is expected to require 40 days of cold winds off the Arctic sea ice, unskiied terrain and whiteouts. Along the way, we will send out dispatches from the trip.
Our mission is to look at the need for further developing the North Slope of Alaska, from the environmental, economic and sovereignty (both national and state) perspectives.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

addendum to On the trail

It struck me, while I was chopping ice off my gutters for 9 hours, over two days, that the ramblings on 'half way' yesterday helped anchor a Tibetan belief. Helped bring it into the West an additional step.

Human life is full of pain.
Our pain is caused by our desires.
If we can free ourselves from our desires, we free ourselves from pain.

I have chewed on that for years. There is not a smooth translation/transition to my goal-oriented world. Maybe it works if we transcend the measurement of our world. Just live in it.

Fits into walking uphill, doesn't it?
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