Roll Call Alaska 2018

Gotta love Muskeg. When I worked as helo Mgr. for the feds out of Ketchikan, AK we would fly employees into muskeg landing LZ's to drop them of to work for the day. I would assist them in exiting the aircraft with their day packs, survival gear and work equipment. We would generally stay at flight idle to keep the helo light on its skids in the mucky marsh like LZ. Passengers would march off out from under the helos rotor disc and safe but from time to time my passengers would disappear up to their arm pits in the stinky muskeg goo. I would drag them out and back to the helo and return them to their pick up LZ to go get a change into dry clothing. Nobody wants to spend their entire work day in soaked, stinky clothes in SE Alaska. cool, wet climate.