Pony Soldier
WKR
We have come such a long ways in my lifetime. In 1976 I flew into Juneau to work exploration in SE Alaska. The airlines ripped my duffle bag and a bunch of my pistol cartidges dribbled out on the circular baggage claim unit. I remember the rest of the passengers helping me pick up my pistol cartridges as it went around. Nice folks!
The ironic part was the airlines had just put in the first metal detector in Seattle. As I had approached the gate I set off the buzzer. I was only wearing a pair of cutoffs and rock climbing boots. The steel arch supports in the boots set off the machine. I remember the authoritative lady at the counter ordering me to pony up the metal on my body. I turned my pockets inside out and warned her the next step was naked. Without wands she couldn't narrow it down to my boots.
A month later I got on a plane in St Petersburg with a BLM surveyor wearing a yellow slicker with shotgun on strap over his shoulder. I guess that was Alaska airlines equivalent to an airplane cop. He explained to me that it was for irritable people and an occasionable bear. Seemed logical at the time.
I'm not sure we have progressed in a postive direction.
I would suggest chartering a plane from Seattle or taking a ferry up the icy straights. I guess it all depends on where you are you going and what options are available.
In five months between Glacier Bay and Ketchikan I saw a brown bear nearly every other day. Close! I wouldn't even dream of Alaska without a handgun- a big one.
The ironic part was the airlines had just put in the first metal detector in Seattle. As I had approached the gate I set off the buzzer. I was only wearing a pair of cutoffs and rock climbing boots. The steel arch supports in the boots set off the machine. I remember the authoritative lady at the counter ordering me to pony up the metal on my body. I turned my pockets inside out and warned her the next step was naked. Without wands she couldn't narrow it down to my boots.
A month later I got on a plane in St Petersburg with a BLM surveyor wearing a yellow slicker with shotgun on strap over his shoulder. I guess that was Alaska airlines equivalent to an airplane cop. He explained to me that it was for irritable people and an occasionable bear. Seemed logical at the time.
I'm not sure we have progressed in a postive direction.
I would suggest chartering a plane from Seattle or taking a ferry up the icy straights. I guess it all depends on where you are you going and what options are available.
In five months between Glacier Bay and Ketchikan I saw a brown bear nearly every other day. Close! I wouldn't even dream of Alaska without a handgun- a big one.
