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| Thomas C Edrington V | ||
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| Standing in front of the plane prop on the Yentna River (frozen 15 feet deep) near Riversong Lodge, Alaska after flying out from Anchorage to set up to for the Iditarod passing that night - In Alaska he learned to survive on his own in the "bush"; dealing with gnarly bears, firefighting burning cabins with no help, catching and cleaning trophy fish and going to help stranded friends. He relishes the challenge of being totally responsible for his decisions in an environment that is unusually unforgiving of mistakes. Thomas started his academic path at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. | ||
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| Working summers in the wilderness at Chelatna Lake near the base of Denali doing everything from construction to hunting, fishing and dealing with the bears. Thomas' cabin was 8X10 feet with no heat (nights below freezing) and no indoor anything - but he did have an ermine living under the floor for companionship - he read by lantern light in the evenings - travel to the lake was only possible by float plane and a good bush pilot. The bears were real bears and not to be taken with anything but immense seriousness and caution. | ||
