trip to alaska what to pack?

[JLDickmon]

I worked a dog lot for about eight months in the 1980's..

rubber boots.
rubber cement and tire patches. (for fixing your boots when you snag them)
extra socks
extra undies
bug repellant
more bug repellant
beekeepers headnet (heck with the mosquitos, them stinkin' black flies will eat you ALIVE)
more bug repellant
more socks
more undies

sat phone might be handy..

Bag Balm or some other salve (plenty of that stuff too..). You WILL suffer some godawful bites from bugs you never saw until they chew off half your forearm...

I saw all of one bear (black) when I was up there.. he raided the food barrels and ran like h*ll when I caught him.. blew right past me heading for the woods.. I never even had a chance to shoulder my 12 double..

what you have to worry about is the MOOSE. I had one stomp the crap out of my dog team while I unloaded my Coonan into her boiler room...


-edit
and a lot of Gold Bond..
both crotch and foot varieties..

 

[Alaskan]

Xtra Tuff Boots
http://www.xtratufboots.com/products/insulated/Pages/22274g.aspx

Bug Repellant with DEET. I peronally like Ben's 100.
http://www.tendercorp.com/products.php?cat=61

Lots of good quality socks, not cotton.

A comfortable pair of shoes to wear around camp.

Good, quality rain gear.
http://store.aihalaska.com/index.ph...&filter_id=&alpha_filter_id=0&num_per_page=50

You might find it cheaper somewhere else, but you could buy it in Anchorage and save room for more socks.

Brenneke Black Magic slugs for your shotgun.

 

[Cosmoline]

not cotton.

Ditto. In fact I'd say nothing cotton at all. It sucks up water, stays wet and doesn't insulate worth a darn. Wool and poly blends are much superior. I would rather have bare legs than cotton pants.

 

[JLDickmon]

Ditto. In fact I'd say nothing cotton at all. It sucks up water, stays wet and doesn't insulate worth a darn. Wool and poly blends are much superior. I would rather have bare legs than cotton pants.

Wool.
I have an acquaintance that escaped certain death at a hunt camp because he was wearing wool longies when the cabin caught fire..

The other person he was with, was wearing poly.. and did not fare as well..

 

[Cosmoline]

I should have put a comma in there--I meant wool, and poly blends. I like them both. The poly wicks better and works best in the underlayers. The wool is better on the outside. The two together can be amazingly effective. I've got a wool and poly layered union suit that will have me sweating at twenty below.