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Sep 12, 2026
Aaron McArthurCORRESPONDENT
While there was no immediate danger to the climber, the issue was how to get him down.
Aaron McArthurCORRESPONDENT
He was on a route called the Alaska Highway.
Aaron McArthurCORRESPONDENT
Putting search and rescue volunteers down the cliff face was risky.
Aaron McArthurCORRESPONDENT
The wall too steep to use a helicopter long line effectively.
CassieHOST
There are two ways to get back to Squamish Valley, BC from the Yukon.
CassieHOST
There is the way we first traveled, which is up to the northeast passing through Dawson's Creek and heading due west along the Alaskan Highway.
CassieHOST
But seeing as we had already taken this route, I opted for the one that led down the Dease Lake and eventually Prince Rupert along the logging road off the Kassaria Highway, which at the time I said, what could possibly go wrong? There was a final gas station before leaving the Yukon that I grabbed a coffee from.
CassieHOST
The attendant asked me where I was venturing to, and when I said Squamish, they replied, well, that's a hike, neglecting to explain just how much so and how virtually every town on the way was boarded shut and closed down due to COVID.
Phil FreemanHOST
And with me, as always, is Shane Patrick.
Phil FreemanHOST
And we are talking with Mike Freeman, historic Alaska Highway traveler.
Shane PatrickHOST
Let's get right to it, shall we?
Phil FreemanHOST
Welcome, everybody.
Phil FreemanHOST
I also know him as Dad.
Phil FreemanHOST
And he has a few stories about the old days and Alaska.
Phil FreemanHOST
And the other night we were at dinner and he started talking about his first migration up the Alaska Highway.
Phil FreemanHOST
in 1961 so i told shane and we gotta we gotta get the story it's a great story it's back in the day and um yeah dad's uh plan was pretty pretty watertight uh he didn't know he was going to alaska uh and he then when he got there well uh maybe you can fill us in so uh how did alaska even become on the table in the freeman clan down in clear lake california
Jason EppersonHOST
But if you ever get the chance, it is absolutely wonderful.
Jason EppersonHOST
The Alaska Highway or the Alcan.
Brooks SmothersGUEST
The Alcan is on my bucket list.
Brooks SmothersGUEST
I've been to Alaska, but without giving away my age.
Timothy SawaHOST
[somber music] The plan was to stop about four hours north, where Cole's friend had some family, a place called Dawson Creek.
Timothy SawaHOST
It's a small town that marks the southern gateway to the Alaska Highway.
Timothy SawaHOST
The two-lane road starts right in Dawson's downtown core, where a post marks mile zero.
Timothy SawaHOST
Cole and his friend would spend a few days there and ring in the new year before continuing on their way.
Sarah ConnorsCORRESPONDENT
Its COO says it's impossible to say with certainty how cycloraphene made its way to Whitehorse, though there is at least one possibility.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yukon has a very specific geographical situation, so it's cut by the Alaska Highway.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It connects the United States and the rest of Canada.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So, uh, you know, it's a major route, and, uh, that's interesting.
GrahamHOST
The next evening, Penner and others came by Adams' camper and asked if he wanted to go target practicing.
GrahamHOST
Four men drove out along the Alaska Highway towards a gravel pit near kilometer 1450 in an area called Ibex Valley, about 20 minutes outside of the city.
GrahamHOST
It isn't marked or maintained for the purpose, but locals had used it for years as an informal shooting range.
GrahamHOST
In Whitehorse in late June, nighttime doesn't really mean much.
Nuala McGovernHOST
Maybe you want to tell me about it, 84844.
Nuala McGovernHOST
But Siobhan is back with a book, Retire and Refire: The Continuing Adventures of the Retirement Rebel, and it chronicles her 4,000-mile solo RV or recreational vehicle adventure from Canada to Alaska along the Alaska Highway.
Nuala McGovernHOST
What a trip.
Nuala McGovernHOST
Siobhan came to the Woman's Hour studio, and I asked her why she had decided to take on this trip.
Siobhan DanielsGUEST
But then I was talking with my cousin, who lives on Vancouver Island.
Siobhan DanielsGUEST
And we'd just had a phone call, and she said, "It's about time you came over to visit us." And I don't know where it came.
Siobhan DanielsGUEST
[laughs] I just giggled and went, "Oh, maybe I could drive the Alaska Highway."
Nuala McGovernHOST
[laughs]
Ava WhiteHOST
The public comment period ends next week on September 10th.
Ava WhiteHOST
A black gold transport or hauling truck wrecked last Friday night after it hit a bison on the Alaska Highway, about 20 miles southeast of Delta Junction.
Ava WhiteHOST
KUAC's Tim Ellis reports.
Tim EllisCORRESPONDENT
Alaska State troopers say they got a report at around 10.30 p.m. Friday that occurred near milepost 1404 of the Alaska Highway.
Tim EllisCORRESPONDENT
According to a trooper dispatch, the driver lost control after hitting a bison and the truck went into the ditch and wound up on its side.
Tim EllisCORRESPONDENT
The dispatch said emergency personnel had to remove the driver who was trapped inside the truck.
Tim EllisCORRESPONDENT
The spokesperson said the northbound truck was fully loaded with gold ore from the Manchot.
Tim EllisCORRESPONDENT
The ore was later recovered and transported to the mill.
Dougald MacDonaldGUEST
and in 1965 a group of new yorkers drove across the continent in a microbus and uh flew into the cachatna mountains
Peter GeiserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
hit the alaska highway which was 1200 miles of bad roads i don't think we got out of we couldn't get out of third gear
Al DiMariaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And in 1965, we went to the Kachatna Mountains, the cathedral spires.
Al DiMariaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Nobody had ever climbed there before.
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