McCarthy/Kennecott is a community at the end of a 60 mile dirt road. I believe this is the farthest I have ever been from civilization. It borders the Wrangell/St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest the NPS owns. This is where Valerie was two summers ago on a field course, as it is a spot for planes to take off for serious backcountry expeditions. We met some locals young fishermen and old sourdoughs. We even got to walk around on the root glacier with cramp ons, which is 5000 feet deep of ice. When I woke up the first morning i looked up the valley and saw a vertical wall of ice blinding me.
