Journey on the Wild Coast

Sister Site: Alaska Trekking

Ground Truth Trekking: Expeditions to explore environmental issues.

Sponsors

	Renewable Resources Coalition works to protect the ongoing viability of Alaska's fish and game resources and the habitat upon which they depend. Fighting the Pebble Mine proposal in Bristol Bay. They have generously donated funds for the Bristol Bay portion of our expedition.
	Alpacka Raft - maker of the only whitewater and ocean worthy boats that can roll up into a 4 pound package. Alpacka has donated packrafts, which are absolutely critical for our ampbibious coastal route, a new hiking/packrafting drysuit (should be a godsend in the cold fall rains of Southeast Alaska), and lots of advice and materials for constructing some of our other gear.
	Backpacking Light is the magazine at the cutting edge of super ultra lightweight backpacking gear. They are donating lightweight insulating "cocoon" clothing for the winter portion of our trek, and coordinating podcasts and web updates along the way.
	Alaska Conservation Foundation builds strategic leadership and support for Alaskan efforts to take care of wildlands, waters, and wildlife, which sustain diverse cultures, healthy communities, and prosperous economies. They have generously donated funds to support our expedition in Alaska.
	Teko Socks - best socks on the planet, best socks for the planet. Teko makes all its socks in an eco-friendly way out of eco-friendly materials. They have donated the many pairs of socks required for the thousands of miles of walking we'll be doing. .
	Mountain Laurel Designs - making innovative gear for ultralight backpackers. They have donated a lightweight pyramid-style spinnaker shelter, and Event rain mitts.
	Montrail - our all time favorite hiking shoes. Montrail is donating the several pairs of trail runners we'll each need to walk thousands of miles of trailless coast.
	Gore-tex has sponsored our expedition through their Shipton-Tilman adventure grant program - sponsoring small expedition teams with daring and imaginative goals achieved in the style of classic explorers.
	Tom Campion has generously donated funds towards the trip.
	Bob Christensen, of SEAWEAD(Southeast Alaska Wilderness Exploration, Analysis, and Discovery) is donating GIS support for our trip, and helping us with planning habitat surveys.
	The Timmissartok Foundation - “imagination is more important than knowledge.” Ideas inspire people. The Timmissartok Foundation wants to invest in the people with the big dreams - “the hungry dogs” - who have a strong enough heart to make their dreams come true.
	John Kedziora, of the Kedzig Innovation Group - is providing us with a prototype "black box" GPS tracker. This will keep a track log of our route so we can geolocate our photos, while using far fewer batteries than a standard GPS.
	Hoagland and McKittrick families Several members of the Hoagland and McKittrick families (Erin's mother's and father's families) have generously dontated funds towards the trip.
Other Partners and Collaborators
	Mountaineers Books - will be publishing my book "Walking the Wildest Coast", after this expedition.
	Raincoast works to preserve the largest remaining temperate rainforest on the planet, in the Great Bear Rainforest in B.C.
	Alaska Wilderness League works to preserve the wilderness of Alaska in Washington D.C. (focusing on federal lands).
	SEACC - The goal of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council goal is to safeguard the integrity of Southeast Alaska’s unsurpassed natural environment, while supporting the sustainable use of our region’s natural resources.
	Rivers Without Borders - working to protect watersheds on the B.C./Southeast Alaska border.
	Cook Inlet Keeper - Protecting Alaska's Cook Inlet watershed and the life it sustains.