In the next hour I'd like to finalize the name of my 2010 project. Below are the finalists. Thoughts please...

Alaskan Wilderness Experience (AWE)
-or- Alaskan Wilderness Epic (AWE)

Alaskan Epic Odyssey (AEO)

Alaska-Brooks Circuit (ABC)

Alaskan Ranges Epic Adventure (AREA)

Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K)

I like:

Alaskan Wilderness Epic (AWE)
Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K) - AK4K has a nice ring to it.

I think I prefer this one:

Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K)

+1 AK4K

Alaska Four-Thousand (AK4K) has my vote

What happened to "The Great Anti-Social Death Wish" and "When Hell Freezes Over?" Along those lines I had thought of "Andy's Death March" and "The Great Race to the next Food Drop" or "The Most Extreme Way to Wear Out a Closet Full of Shoes."

On a serious note I like Alaska Wilderness Epic and Alaska Ranges Epic Advanture they're easy to say and make sense.

Never mind I'm changing my mind. I like AK4K better too. I vote for that.

Simple, descriptive...nuff said.

A consensus seems to be forming.

What happens if the trip ends up being 4,500 miles? Do I use kilometers instead? AK8K

The only problem with AK4K (or really any of these names) is that a lot of this trip (roughly 1/3) is outside AK in the Yukon....not that I have a good suggestion that incorporates this....maybe AKYK4K but that's getting long and awkward. It looks more like a postal code than a trip name.

Edited by dandydan on 12/16/2009 23:15:14 MST.

I received a few names that incorporated the Yukon.

"ALKON," a play on the Alcan Highway

And numerous names including "Last Frontier." So, "Last Frontier Wilderness Epic," etc.

The only idea I can think of to fix the Yukon problem would be something like "Artic 4000" but that might sound too much like "Artic 600" and besides to be technical a lot of the trip is not really above the artic circle. "Alaska-Yukon Trek" sounds more like a tour company to me. I say stay with AK4K.

I mean really, what's an additional 500 miles anyway? Well, Ok...so it is a lot, but it's all in the name!

Edited by onthecouchagain on 12/16/2009 23:29:29 MST.

Great North American Loop (GNAL)

Great North American Trek (GNAT)

Great Alaskan Loop

Great Alaskan Trek

AWE is too similar to a guiding outfitter up there.

ABC doesn't make much sense to me.

"Epic" isn't a term I'm a fan of. Especially as it can be a positive or a negative.

I like AK4K

you can always go with the YukonK8K

Edited by czechxpress on 12/16/2009 23:56:57 MST.

another vote for AK4K

Okay, I get the point. Not sure it will end up being AK4K or AK8K or something else, but this structure is the winner. Thanks a guys.

Epic is far too over-used lately. I do like the AK4K-style naming convention.

Approximately one-third of the route (about 1,500 miles) are in the Yukon. That's a lot of miles to ignore, don't you think?

You guys clearly like the structure of the AK4K -- it's got a nice ring and it's descriptive.

If we keep it descriptive while including the Yukon, what do we get?

"Last Frontier Four-Thousand"

"Wild Yukon Four-Thousand" (in reference namely to the river, which I'm essentially circumnavigating)

Some reference to the total number of road crossings, e.g. "Ten Roads Four-Thousand"