I have always wanted to partake on an Alaskan cruise “adventure”.  Now I know why I haven’t.  Instead, I have trekked more than 200+ miles in the Canadian Rockies over the last three years (Because of the PBS series, “Great Lodges of the Canadian Rockies”.)  Now, the Discovery channel has sensationalized the rugged Alaskan frontier by their, “The Alaska Experiment”.   I will admit, my wife and I are pumped about traveling to remote Alaskan wilderness.  However, these city folks never could function in the great outdoors.  Look, they had to be taught how to fire a simple .22 riffle.  I still wonder how many of them could even operate a GPS to communicate their coordinates to the authorities.  Would they know what essentials to pack for their rugged adventure, like a satellite phone.  I’m not expecting experts, but if you are going to adventure in the rugged wilderness, you better come equipped - Ultralight backpacking – bear spray, glock, gps, tarp tent, Marmot down sleeping bag.   I’m an avid ultralight hiker / backpacker.

Finally, in Arizona, we had ”hikers”, who set the forest ablaze (two weeks ago), because they were “lost”.  So much for a simple signal fire.  Extensive eco & property damage, burning down several structures and causing a town evacuation were created by this group’s “ignorance”.