SlickRock

Iditarod Invitational February 2006

Day 2

Towards Skwentna

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We left Luces just before midday in clear weather and headed up river past Yentna Station towards Skwentna. This was a fairly uneventful stroll and little that could go wrong with navigation. As the sun dropped we were still a fair way off Skwentna and decided to stop off at a lodge that Eric and Andy knew about. No one was too sure how far away we were and I eventually made for a light on the Eastern bank some hours after dark. The light turned out not to be the lodge but a private cabin which was occupied. The owner came to the door after seeing my head torch and said we were still an hour away from the lodge which would be on the other bank. The hour soon went and the three of us arrived at the lodge whose name I can't remember. All I do remember though was that it was expensive for what we got. A passable meal and a few hours on a bunk. One of the Italians turned up a little later and had a blood blister that covered a fair part of his foot, it looked painful.


Nice weather, easy trail


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