Alaskan serves up her own brand of backcountry grub

Growing up in Bird Creek, Heather Kelly learned all about the challenges associated with carrying your own food into the backcountry. After studying sports nutrition at Western Washington University, Heather returned to Alaska to launch her own line of dehydrated backpacking food. It’s called Heather’s Choice. She recently held a local tasting event as a fundraiser aimed at expanding her business.

Eric is a video producer for Alaska's Energy Desk. While he never learned the proper way to ride a horse while growing up in Wyoming, he did manage to become a proficient video cable wrangler thanks to a volunteer gig at Wyoming PBS. After graduating from Ithaca College with a Bachelors degree in Television-Radio Production, Eric spent a couple years traveling around Oregon and Washington as a Multimedia Producer for a regional newspaper company, covering everything from sand sculpting competitions to sled dog races. From there, he transitioned to a more stationary gig in Portland, where he developed and managed a team of video editors at a startup news production company. The call of the road sent Eric north, where he’s happy to once again be producing video and audio in the field. Outside of work, Eric is hoping to spend as much time as he can exploring Alaska (it’s so close to Anchorage), climbing around on rocks, and perhaps finally learning how to ride a horse.
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