[Species8472]

I can't help but see this as as to how just don't "get it" when it comes to Alaska. It is exactly these types of uninformed, star-gazing, navel-picking, tree-hugging dingbats that will argue until they are blue in the face that there should be no drilling in ANWR, no mining, and no more pipelines. If more of these types of digbats would just spend a FULL WEEK in the wilderness they would realize it is big enough, stable enough, and more than capable of sustaining both wildlife and economic development.

[BeerLover NYC]

These guys are dorkier than me. Even I know about Alaska having long long days at this time of year. They were probably screaming for their mommies to rub the calomine lotion on their backs.

[alaskamomma]

you said...I lived there for 20 yrs..just left last year..actually it was the couple of months of darkness that got to me..and the 50 below zero’s didn’t help..the 24 hour of daylight was, way too much party time...lol

[tet68]

Me, Me, drop me off for a week!

[avacado]

"William Calomiris, 27 and his partner Adam Grunstra, also 27, had a hissy fight in the wilderness and called off their engagement..."

Fixed for the sake of clarity...

[debrawiest]

Girlie-men.

[Jagman]

They should have prayed to Alexander Supertramp, the patron saint of mommy-coddled mountain men

[ltc8k6]

I hope they are sent a bill for their frivolous use of the beacon.

[Billthedrill]

Beltway bozos. Yep, the outdoors is just full of sunshine. Who knew?

[Frantzie]

LOL! Do they have golf courses there? If I could handle the mosquitoes it would be golf 12 hours a day.

These girly boys went back to DC to be near their mommies. What loons.

[Erik Latranyi]

Agreed. I guarantee these were enviro-weenies hoping to become “one with nature”.

If they would have left them there for the bears, they would have become “one with nature” for sure!

[listenhillary]

Roasted wienies?

[tet68]

Great pix of Sarah and family fishing linked at site.

Love that big aluminium skiff.

[DemforBush]

I get the distinct impression that neither of these two men have spent much time camping in the wilderness. Even a little bit of research would have told them what to expect and whether or not they were experienced enough for that kind of trip. I don’t claim to be Jeremiah Johnson, but even I know a week in the Alaskan wilderness is going to be roughing it a bit - especially for two guys who hail from the D.C. Metro Area.*

* I am, of course, assuming both men are city-slicker types, and not transplanted mountain men.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

These clowns were probably Rat operatives.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Then start with John McCain who continues to vote against ANWR each time it comes up to vote.

[redhead]

LOL! Oh, the things I could say...

We call people like these guys the "3BO" crowd. Birkenstocks, backpacks, and body odor.

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Which reminds me of a good movie...

[ASOC]

LOL We have a word for folks like this

Cheechako

A new-comer to Alaska, ignorant of the terrain, the weather, the animals, the culture, the necessary driving skills in the winter, etc. Opposite of a sourdough.

[corvus]

“..couple of out-of-state visitors who wanted to be rescued after spending a single night in the Bush..”

Another teary-eyed survival in the hostile wilderness book deal in the making. DC home address; figures.

[ctdonath2]

They called in for emergency airlift extraction for ... SUNBURN????