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China Merchants Bank knows very well that conventional PC-based hard disk drives (HDDs) are not engineered for the rigorous demands of bank surveillance storage, which operates 24×7, and requires dependable availability and support from the storage solution provider.
China Merchants Bank began leveraging surveillance digital video recorder (SVDR) solutions to monitor bank operations and service-quality levels when its conventional PC-based HDDs began to lose important video data. The bank specifically turned to Seagate surveillance storage solutions and quickly regained its video surveillance capability and data dependability with the latest Surveillance HDD (formerly SV35 Series) drives.
China Merchants Bank Expands Globally
Founded in 1987 with its head office in Shenzhen, China Merchants Bank has gone from a strong regional bank first located in Shekou, Shenzhen, to having established branches in more than 30 major cities in China, including Hong Kong, with over 500 business networks throughout Asia.
With assets of over US$327 billion, the bank places 60th among the world's Top 1000 banks according to the influential British financial journal, The Banker.1
In fact, China Merchants Bank has consistently climbed the list, moving up 100 places over the past five years, and is broadly recognized as an innovative banking institution that offers the highest levels of service.
This has been accomplished by enacting service reforms and implementing cutting-edge technology upgrades throughout its operations. More specifically, China Merchants Bank has embarked on a nationwide surveillance deployment throughout all its branches. This deployment seeks to monitor service quality and key banking operations using various SDVR applications.
PC-Based HDD Storage Issues Emerge
However, it was not long before performance issues interfered with China Merchants Bank's service improvement plans.
Cao Jinsheng, from China Merchants Bank's surveillance security division, pointed out that the issues stemmed from the mismatch of PC-based HDDs to SDVR applications. "When we first deployed our SDVR systems, our various vendors used PC-based HDDs, as there was no surveillance-specific storage solution back then. Little did we know that this would cause such issues for us down the line," says Cao.
Systemic analysis revealed that partial HDD failure caused the missing footage. While these drives performed adequately in the beginning, they were ultimately not optimized for SDVR operations. Over time, the rigors of round-the-clock usage in the SDVR systems introduced excessive stress on the PC-based HDDs: managing higher power consumption and heat output while maintaining optimal availability and performance on a 24×7 basis. This led to lowered data integrity in affected disk sectors, resulting in data loss and drive failures.
To compound the issue, China Merchants Bank had engaged numerous surveillance solution vendors who used different brands of HDDs, resulting in vast differences in HDD reliability across different branches and leaving the bank with few means to determine which PC-based HDD would break down next.
Surveillance HDD—The Surveillance Storage Solution of Choice
China Merchants Bank knew it had to act fast. The bank decided to consolidate all its future storage solutions acquisitions under one HDD brand for quality control and simpler inventory. This was achieved through centralized acquisitions by its head office.
China Merchants Bank also decided to switch to newly available surveillance-based storage solutions to boost the reliability of its SDVR systems.
With these decisions made, one question remained: which HDD would best suit the needs of China Merchants Bank? The answer— Surveillance HDD from Seagate.
According to Cao, China Merchants Bank did not take long to decide on the Seagate surveillance storage offering, "Technically, the Surveillance HDD was a natural choice for us in the wake of our issues with non-surveillance optimized HDDs ... Seagate not only provides good service and greater cost-efficiency for us, but also ensures the quality of its HDDs through better storage and delivery facilities."
Surveillance HDDDrives Deployment Benefits
China Merchants Bank wasted no time in pushing for the rapid adoption of the Seagate drives in both new and existing SDVR applications throughout all its branches.
With Seagate Surveillance HDDs, China Merchants Bank achieved lowered investment costs, in addition to greater SDVR storage.
"Through the purchase contract with Seagate channel partners, China Merchants Bank bypasses third-party middleman costs, making it more convenient and cost-efficient for our branches to deploy the Surveillance HDDs throughout our SDVR systems," says Cao.
"In doing so, the China Merchants Bank further enjoys greater return on our IT investment through enhanced surveillance data integrity and reliability," he adds.
For China Merchants Bank, the road to surveillance success was fraught with one major pitfall—using hard drives designed for desktop PCs rather than surveillance-optimized drives.
By deploying Surveillance HDD storage solutions, China Merchants Bank has overcome the limitations of non-surveillance-optimized HDDs, boosting the reliability of its SDVR systems and improving the data integrity of its surveillance footage.
In the process, China Merchants Bank has set an important precedent in China. It is one of the first companies of its size to uniformly deploy a single HDD model throughout every branch solely for surveillance applications. This marks a significant paradigm shift toward surveillance-optimized HDDs, not only in the financial industry, but also in the corporate sector as a whole.
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Every action involving water management requires effective cooperation between multiple actors whether at the local or international scale. Building a village water pump in sub-Saharan Africa requires local actors to cooperate. Bringing water from a river to irrigate farmland requires regional cooperation.
Rivers cross political boundaries and international cooperation is necessary to share the water resources of a transboundary river basin between upstream and downstream users with different and sometimes conflicting needs, claims and cultures. Countries also need to cooperate on the sharing of transboundary groundwater, an important and increasing source of freshwater. In all, there are 276 international basins. These cover around 46% of the Earth's land surface, host about 40% of the world's population in 148 nations and account for approximately 60% of global river flow.
If any of the people involved in water management do not cooperate, the 'cooperation chain' is broken and water resources will not be managed in the most effective way, with adverse effects on human lives and the economy. When water resources are cooperatively shared and managed, peace, prosperity and sustainable development are more likely to be achieved.
Discover more examples and cases of water cooperation from around the world presented and discussed at the UN-Water Annual Conference in Zaragoza, Spain in January 2013 on the conference's website >
In the fertile region of Valencia, a century-old water tribunal settles disputes between irrigators. The region is famous for its network of irrigation canals which was built by the Romans two thousand years ago. Field owners who derive their water from the same canal form communities with their own statutes. Violations of these statutes are adjudicated by the Water Tribunal. The eight administrators of the Tribunal are elected every two years by a total of 11,691 members, and gather once a week to decide on matters of irrigation. The Tribunal has existed for more than a thousand years and has been recognized by UNESCO as an outstanding example of Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2009.
Sources: UNESCO and Tribunal de las aguas.
UNESCO's Potential Conflict Cooperation Potential (PCCP) programme facilitates multi-level and interdisciplinary dialogue to foster peace, cooperation and development by building capacity to manage transboundary water resources. For example, research on Lake Titicaca involved stakeholders from both Bolivia and Peru. A joint document was prepared outlining the status of conflict and cooperation in this transboundary water body. In 1992, Bolivia and Peru created the Bi-national Autonomous Authority of Lake Titicaca recognizing the importance of the joint management of the lake. The PCCP programme worked to build on this cooperative will and to facilitate a joint vision common to all stakeholders through a joint case study providing a forum for cooperative action, and a joint management strategy while at the same time increasing knowledge of the shared water body.
Source: UNESCO PCCP
Software to support engineering education in the field of hydrology in Africa is often not affordable for low-income and middle income countries. UNESCO is contributing to the Hydro Free and/or Open-source software Platform of Experts (HOPE) which provides an alternative to the specialized commercial engineering software in the field of hydrology to deal with data for the management of water resources, rivers and groundwater; water modeling and wastewater treatment. This is in response to the urgent need for action in Africa stressed by the 4th Annual International Conference on ICT for Africa (2012), the 23rd Annual Teaching and Learning Innovations Conference (2010), the Software Industry and Developing Countries 2012 UNCTAD report and the fact that all these conferences/reports stressed the need for Africa to adopt open software to make ICT accessible to all to help build a sustainable future.
Source: HOPE Initiative
UNESCO has prepared a publication Learning about Water-Multiple-Perspective Approaches to focus on applying multiple and interdisciplinary perspectives to freshwater issues in the context of education for sustainable development. It contains lesson plans, questions, lists of teaching resources including online videos and case studies. Students are guided through eight unique, but overlapping, perspectives (scientific, historical, geographic, human rights, gender equality, values, cultural diversity, and sustainability) to understand the relationships within and between natural systems and human society.
Read more: Learning about Water - Multiple-Perspective Approaches
Arab countries are cooperating on the management of shared water resources through various inter-governmental fora. These include the Arab Ministerial Water Council, which adopted the Arab Strategy for Water Security in the Arab Region to meet the challenges and the future needs of sustainable development (2010-2030), highlighting the importance of regional cooperation among Arab States for the management of shared water resources, the protection of Arab water rights, and the improvement of access to water supply and sanitation services. Regional cooperation at the basin level is also being pursued to improve the management of shared surface and groundwater resources by adopting a common vision and the establishment of an inventory of shared surface and groundwater resources in the Western Asia sub-region, which is being prepared by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).
The - UNECE - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe's Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention) facilitates water cooperation to protect and ensure the quantity, quality and sustainable use of transboundary water resources. Since 1992, the Convention has provided a legal and institutional framework, and a programme of work involving knowledge exchange, capacity building, projects on the ground, policy advice, soft-law instruments and regular assessments. In 2013 the Convention is expected to 'go global' contributing to the International Year of Water Cooperation. The Protocol on Water and Health jointly serviced by UNECE and the World Health Organization aims to protect human health and well-being through the sustainable management of water resources and the provision of safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.
The International Flood Initiative (IFI) aims to persuade policy-makers to change from a model of defense against floods towards the integrated management of floods to maximize the long-term benefits and to minimize the hardship, loss of life and damage to goods. Its guiding principles are living with floods, equity for all stakeholders, empowered participation, inter-disciplinarity and trans-sectorality, and international and regional cooperation. UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP), WMO, UNU, UN-ISDR and IAHS cooperate on the International Flood Initiative (IFI). The secretariat of the IFI is based at the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM) a UNESCO center, hosted by the Public Works Research Institute in Tsukuba, Japan.
In order to understand hydrological processes at a regional or global scale, in particular concerning shared water resources and in the context of climate change, it is vital that nations collaborate on analyzing and sharing hydrological data and knowledge. Flow Regimes from International and Experimental Network Data (FRIEND), an international network supported by UNESCO's International Hydrological Programme (IHP) aims to foster and consolidate cross-disciplinary networks that facilitate cooperation for research and capacity building, development of analytical tools and data sharing. FRIEND has eight regional groupings and over 162 participating countries.
Population growth and rapid urbanization intensify pressure on freshwater resources in many regions around the globe. The high level of local water demand leads to increasing water scarcity and stress and is consequently driving the use of nonconventional waters, such as (treated) urban wastewater, particularly in agriculture. To maximize opportunities and minimize risks, safe practices have to be promoted where wastewater is used in agriculture, and robust policy and institutional frameworks have to be implemented. The UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) has brought together, in a multi-year project under UN-Water, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations University Institute on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID), and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) to address this topic with developing countries and countries in transition, focusing on multi-disciplinary and trans-ministerial approaches. So far, over 150 participants from more than 75 countries have participated in the Safe Use of Wastewater in Agriculture workshops.
The establishment of common principles for measurement, exchange of information and joint assessment of the status of shared waters is key to advancing transboundary water cooperation. In Central Asia, the water quality monitoring has seriously deteriorated since the early 1990s, and exchange of information on water quality is very limited. The UNECE Water Convention's project "Water Quality in Central Asia" focused on the development of more efficient national policies, including the standards and principles applied in the permitting of environmentally harmful activities, as well as the establishment of regional cooperation frameworks for exchange of information on water quality. An Action Plan on water quality endorsed by all Central Asian countries in 2012 provides for a comprehensive step-by-step development of cooperation in this area.

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In the end the conversion was easier that I thought, but I do have the right tools now. I used a mill to get rid of all the rivets on the factory rear trunnion and on the scope rail. I used a polish made rear underfolder trunnion, it lined up perfectly with the receiver and the long rivet hole. The Yugo M92 trunnion I tried before did not line up.
I used a HF TIG to weld up all the holes, except for the long rivet hole. The remaining rivet holes for the rear trunnion were then drilled and the trunnion was used to scribe the UF pivot hole layout.
I then riveted the trunnion in place and milled out the underfolder pivot holes. I made them undersized and then filed for a precise fit with my stock, no wobble at all. I used an 11/16 HSS mill bit for the large hole.
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(Feb. 9, 2006)--Juan Gonzalez has been named College of Business associate dean for the Downtown Campus at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Gonzalez will handle all downtown administrative operations for the college.
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Gonzalez has taught at UTSA since 1983 and is an associate professor of management science. He received his doctorate in production/operations management and a master's in international business from the University of South Carolina and his bachelor's in chemical engineering from the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
"Through his experience in the college and at the Downtown Campus, Dr. Gonzalez will excel in this new role," said College of Business Dean Lynda de la Viña. "He will lead the college's administrative office and provide excellent support and service to our students located downtown."
The College of Business is accredited by AACSB International, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. It is one of the 40 largest business schools in the nation with more than 6,000 enrolled students and 37 graduate and undergraduate business programs. The college is dedicated to raising its academic profile to become one of the best business schools recognized for developing "Knowledge for a New World."
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Roasting is one of the easiest and tastiest ways to cook asparagus. Here we give it an extra flourish with a quick sauce of reduced balsamic vinegar and a sprinkling of toasted pine nuts.
Nutrition Profile:
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Gluten Free Diet
Healthy Weight
Heart Healthy
High Fiber
Low Calorie
Low Carb
Low Cholesterol
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Serves 4
Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 20 min.
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Preheat oven to 350° F. Spread pine nuts in a small baking pan and toast in the oven
until golden and fragrant, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl to cool.
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Increase oven temperature to 450° F. Snap off the tough ends of asparagus. Toss the asparagus with shallot, oil, 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper. Spread in a single layer on a large baking sheet with sides. Roast, turning twice, until the asparagus is tender and browned, 10 to 15 minutes.
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Meanwhile, bring vinegar and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt to a simmer in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, swirling the pan occasionally, until slightly syrupy and reduced to 1 tablespoon, about 5 minutes. To serve, toss the asparagus with the reduced vinegar and sprinkle with the pine nuts.
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Aug 24, 2013 at 3:15 pm #1306898
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
I've always liked sleeping in airports. Draped over a couch or crashed out on the floor, I feel like a hobo, cut loose from societal norms and on the verge of a great adventure. I guess that's why I found myself in the Anchorage airport, rolling out my quilt in the native arts exhibit. I was not alone up there; I had gotten in at 2 am and all the good nooks and crannies were already taken. I made due with a small corner of floor space and passed out till 5 am.
Another weary traveler enjoys the display
The next morning, I hopped a plane to Juneau and then Yakutat, arriving by 11 am. I was traveling to Yakutat for work as I did every year at this time, but as always, had scheduled a few days in advance for some exploration.
The route:
I planned to hitch a ride from Yakutat along the Dangerous River Road to Nine Mile Bridge. From there, I'd hike along the Situk River until its confluence with the Old Situk. I'd spend the first night at a nearby forest service cabin on the river, and the next morning, would packraft the river to its mouth on the Gulf of Alaska. Turning right, I'd then paddle or hike the coastline around the cape and into Monte Bay. Time and daylight permitting, I planned to cross the tip of the cape by packraft through the Ankau Saltchucks, a tidal zone known for ample fish and crustacean sealife. I would then bivy the second night on Khantaak Island, paddling across the bay and back to the conference lodge on day 3. Total distance was estimated at 35 miles.
Closeup view of the Ankau Saltchucks
I arrived in Yakutat to find that the airline had lost my luggage. This had happened last year too, so I was not entirely surprised. I had packed around this possibility, carrying everything that I could in my backpack as carry-on luggage. This included packraft, paddle, bivy, quilt, and the clothing I would need for the trip. I had been nervous about trying to carry the paddle on-board, but tucked away in my backpack, it passed through security without comment. Items I was missing included life vest, cookware, food, waders and boots, and my camera tripod. Over the next 3 days, I would come to miss the tripod most of all. I had knife, bear spray, fishing gear, and some odds and ends stored in a locker at the lodge, and was able to borrow a cookpot, alcohol stove, and boots. For food, I was gifted a pack of ramen noodles, two snickers bars, and miraculously, a small flask of whiskey. I was confident that this time of year I could make up the deficit with fresh berries and seafood.
I was also able to liberate a basic life vest from the lodge boathouse.
I caught a ride out to the bridge in the fog and drizzle, not at all disheartened by the weather. The Tongass National Park was technically a rainforest, so it would be foolish to expect anything but rain.
I arrived at the bridge, thanked my driver, and began to make my way downstream along the riverside.
I was happy to see that salmon were schooling in the river. I could see pinks, some spawned out kings, and a few sockeye. Prospects for dinner looked great.
Making my way through the old growth forest, massive trees completely encased in moss
Stopping to snack on twisted stalk, a juicy, watermelon-flavored treat. Also known as scoot berries for their mildly laxative effect, I took care not to eat too many.
I was not the only one stopping to snack on berries. As the salmon made their way from the bays into the rivers, the bear moved in from the beaches. I would never be far from bear or bearsign for the entire trip.
A brief glimpse of mountains
A well-gnawed femur rests along the route
Wading through sedge after crossing the old Situk River. I ended up going over my boots in this section, now squishing as I walked.
Moose in the cottongrass by the Old Situk
Hungry for lunch, I started gathering berries as I walked and soon had a hat full of blueberries, strawberries, cloudberries, and salmonberries
Still life with cloudberries
Finally I arrived at the old "landing strip" where I would find my cabin. I had expected to see tarmack or at least packed dirt, but was pleasantly surprised to find only a large wildflower covered meadow
I was able to get some fairly detailed shots of these two blades of grass
The Eagle cabin sat not far from the river and included a woodshed, axe, firepit, and outhouse amongst its amenities. This was paradise as far as I was concerned. I split some wood and then headed down to the river to see about some dinner.
My third cast netted me a nice Dolly Varden, hooked on a purple wooly bugger. A perfect size for dinner, I filleted the fish, seasoned it, and wrapped it in some foil I found in the cabin. I'm shown here modeling a Nau M2 hoody, one of my favorite base layers for adventure travel. It's more "normal" fit makes it ideal for trips where I may need to make appearances in public (like sleeping in airports or attending conferences) and want to avoid the long underwear look
Campfire cooking in the rain. The fish came out perfectly, with just a hint of smokey spruce flavor
After dinner, I sat in the dimming light, sipping at my whiskey and thinking pleasurably about the day. Before bed, I hung my damp clothes and dried out my boots as best I could. The security of the cabin was nice, and I drifted off easily to sleep on a ratty old pad I found on one of the bunks. Tomorrow would be a more challenging day.
I woke the next morning and started boiling some water as I packed up. I feasted on my borrowed ramen noodles, later finding out that they had been sitting in storage for 3 years. Tasted just fine to me.
After breakfast, I inflated my packraft, stowed my gear, and slipped into the current. The middle reaches of the Situk carried me swiftly through the forest. The river was mostly class II with only two log jams that necessitated a quick exit. As I was starting to relax into the rhythm of the river, I came around a bend to find a large Grizz planted mid-stream looking for fish. I frantically began to backpaddle and the bear looked up from his fishing. As I contemplated what I would do should he charge, he comically turned and fled, his big round butt quivering in alarm as he pushed through the willows in his haste to get away. I'm not sure how bears affect the river classification scheme, but in my opinion, obstacles that can chase you should probably bump things up to at least a class IV.
My second bear sighting was of a young bear fishing . I quickly eddied out on the opposite bank and waited to see what he would do. He seemed content to ignore me, so I pulled out my iphone and snapped a couple of hasty shots before continuing on past.
Without a tripod, I had a difficult time getting self-portraits. Finding a dry place in Alaska to set down a camera was challenging. And I don't care who you are but 10 seconds is not enough to set up a shot, jump into a packraft, push off from the bank, close the spray deck, and then try to act natural before the self-timer goes off. So this is all you get, admittedly not my best work.
A yearling makes his way along the river
A young eagle stands guard at the mouth of the Situk
The character of the river changed as I reached its mouth. The forests evaporated and the bleached bones of old trees littered the banks. Dozens of eagles perched on the tangled roots, eagerly scanning the water for injured fish.
I moved out of the river mouth and into the Slough, a tidal zone separated from the ocean by a narrow spit of land. The tide was coming in and paddling was slow as I fought the currents. I hoped to be able to paddle the coastline until I passed the Lost River crossing before coming ashore. Unfortunately, the currents became increasingly turbulent as I neared the river mouth. I aimed the packraft towards a point on the far bank of the Lost River and paddled hard. I'm embarrassed to admit that I paddled furiously for about 20 minutes before realizing that I wasn't actually moving. Changing tack, I aimed inland toward the near bank of the river and finally was able to make some headway. Once within the mouth of the river, I was able to cross to the other side, beaching on the opposite bank.
The far bank of the Lost River
Satellite imagery suggested that the going would be smooth once past the Lost River, with wide sand beaches to walk on. The reality proved more difficult. What I found were tangled clumps of fallen trees bobbing in the waves that came right up to the sand cliffs. Atop the cliffs loomed a seemingly impassible forest of fallen trees and Devil's club. I initially started out climbing over, under, and along the fallen logs along the shoreline. This often took me up to 15 feet above ground, and I watched the giant logs moving beneath me in the waves with misgivings. Soon enough, this route became impassable.
Climbing the sand cliffs, I began to bushwack through the thick undergrowth at its top. Impassable tangles of fallen trees along the cliff's edge soon drove me towards the interior. Bushwacking through Devil's club was not a pleasant experience. For those that have not had the pleasure, Devil's club is a broad-leafed woody plant with numerous sharp spikes on the stalks and foliage. The many fallen trunks and roots I had to climb over and under led to inevitable stumbling and I was soon bleeding from a number of punctures. I would be working thorns out of a variety of festering wounds for the next 3 days. I criss-crossed back and forth until I stumbled upon a bear trail and followed this as far as I could, until it veered off toward the Lost River. The relief of easier passage far outweighed the fear of coming face to face with a bear in the green tunnel.
After leaving the bear trail, I followed a variety of faint game trails in the general direction I wanted to go. Far from being true trails, these were mostly just faint paths of lesser resistance through the Devil's club. The going was slow and I frequently had to take wide detours around large sections of forest where interwoven trunks of downed trees blocked my way. Now deep in the interior, I had the thought that if I suffered an injury here, it would be really hard to find my carcass.
When terrain permitted, I would make my way back toward the coastline to get my bearings. The point in the far distance marks the spot where I thought I could reconnect with an actual beach.
Feeling relieved as the underbrush began to thin out, I finally made my way out onto Cannon Beach.
An exhausted self-portrait. What was probably only a 2 mile bushwack had taken about 3 hours. Soaked in sweat, I removed my now perforated raingear, glad for whatever limited protection they had offered.
Heading out across Cannon Beach
Wolf tracks on Cannon
A relic held over from World War II
The unanticipated bushwack had cost me hours, and as shadows lengthened, I decided to cut inland along Ophir Creek, rather than risk getting lost in the Saltchucks after dark. I intersected a jeep trail that took me to Monti Bay and once again inflated my raft.
Paddling into Monti Bay
I came ashore on Khantaak Island in the fading daylight
My camp on the beach with a driftwood fire for company. After a long day, I really enjoyed the ability to just throw down my bivy and call it good, no fiddling required.
Basking in the afterglow of a challenging day. Dinner consisted of two snickers dark bars and a flask of whiskey. Not up to my usual standards, but it tasted just great at the time. I could see salmon jumping 20 feet offshore, but was too tired to fish.
An early night's sleep in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Strangely, as I lay tucked away in my quilt, I could hear Karaoke music drifting out across the bay from the one bar in the city of Yakutat. I found this strangely disconcerting for a campsite on a remote island beach in Alaska
Waking up to a beautiful sunrise. The fish were still jumping, so I busied myself with salmon fishing until it was light enough to see. Then, climbing back into my raft, I set out for home.
The highlight of the morning was paddling with a school of porpoises. Timing the photos as they surfaced proved difficult that morning
Aiming toward Canoe Island (far left) marking the mouth to shipyard cove. I got back in time to enjoy a big breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon, pancakes, and more bacon. And coffee.
After breakfast, I headed back out to the river. Work would begin tomorrow, but for now, I was indescribably happy to just walk the river and take in the wild beauty so typical of Alaska.Aug 24, 2013 at 4:23 pm #2018285
David ThomasBPL Member
@davidinkenaiLocale: North Woods. Far North.
Great write up. You write well (and humorously), capturing much of the feel of the place, wild and otherwise. I've gone to Yakutat for work as well and often sleep in the Anchorage airport – by the native art on the second floor works well, but so do Gates B-9 through B-12 late at night. Pro-tip: always have your sleeping pad in your carry-on for such times.
I'm impressed that you were able to salvage the trip without your luggage. It happens a lot of here (camping with our infant in Brook's Camp with no diapers; nothing getting to Dutch Harbor, etc). Such trips always make for better stories.Aug 24, 2013 at 7:38 pm #2018334
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
Another great trip report. You sure do some non-typical trips.Aug 26, 2013 at 9:50 pm #2018901
Andrew FMember
@andrew-fLocale: San Francisco Bay Area
Awesome trip Ike! Seems like you got pretty far "out there". Man, I need to go to Alaska.Aug 27, 2013 at 6:23 am #2018955
spelt with a tBPL Member
@speltLocale: SW/C PA
Cool and original trip. Wondering why you didn't feel it feasible to packraft the shore for those 2 miles or so of schwacking? Was the current dodgy beyond the river mouth as well?
Shout out to the rubber boots. :)Aug 27, 2013 at 6:44 am #2018961
Richard LyonBPL Member
@richardglyonLocale: Bridger Mountains
Keep the trip reports coming! Wonderful photos and very descriptive writing, I almost thought I was there. Thanks!
RichardAug 29, 2013 at 7:56 am #2019786
Ike JutkowitzBPL Member
@ikeLocale: Central Michigan
Thanks guys. This is fast becoming my favorite style of trip.
@ David, I'm very jealous that you get to live there full time. Gorgeous place!
@Nick- seemed absolutely typical to me, but coming from a guy who spends his time off-trail in the desert carrying historic-era gear, I suppose it might have appeared "different".
Seriously though, I do try to plan new challenges or skills into many of the trips that I do. Keeps things interesting for me.
@Spelt- the currents were tricky in that area, particularly with the incoming tide. Had I waited 6 hours or so, I probably would have had a completely different experience, but I unfortunately did not have that time.
Oh, yeah. And those boots were awesome. They didn't absorb any water, so it was easy to dump em and dry em quickly.
@andrew and Richard- I appreciate the comments.
IkeSep 4, 2013 at 7:28 pm #2021886
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
Awesome trip and report Ike. My desire to get to Alaska continues to build.
I agree with you on the class IV thing. One grizzly at a time is IV and multiple grizz is a V.Sep 4, 2013 at 7:39 pm #2021889
Greg MihalikBPL Member
@greg23Locale: Colorado
Your last picture…
…did you Shoot that fish?
Great report.
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Whew, that is a tough one but I think I would choose the second one.
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Whew, that is a tough one but I think I would choose the second one.
Lori - MamaBear
#1 is calming,#2 makes the colors pop. I like #1 best.
I like #1. It is going to be very pretty.
Asking a seamstress to mend is like asking Picasso to paint your garage.
I really like #2. But either way your block is beautiful.
The white looks too stark against the warm colors of the fabrics. I love the look of the first one. They colors all work very well together.
The first one looks the best to me.
I think the creamy one would be best but either would be amazing.
You have gorgeous fabrics so cannot go wrong, both contrast. My personal choice is #1
:-( I wish I was a full time quilter!
Andrea (Margate, FL)
I like #2 it gives more of a pop.


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