Pioneer Outfitters, Chisana, Alaska. Cubby burns.
This is a call for support for Stand For The Man in Black, an Indiegogo campaign being executed now by Pioneer Outfitters, the 90-year-old Alaska wilderness professional guides.
You may know Amber-Lee Dibble, aka “AL,” who is the voice of the blog for Pioneer Outfitters right here. If you follow her, you’ll see some #RockHot videography and photography from the confines of the Wrangell Mountains in the heart of the Alaska wilderness inaccessible by anything but air transport.
AL is a regular in these parts and everyone else’s too. I have watched her grow from baby sponge to bona fide digital marketer with a tremendous voice and passion to boot.
AL wrote in fall 2013 in The Happy Friday Series about the demise of Cubby, Pioneer Outfitters ancient World War II biplane (kidding), that caught on fire with no injuries to pilot and Master Guide Terry Overly aka The Man In Black.
What that meant was serious – no plane, no transport. No fuel, supplies, horse and livestock feed, medicine, emergency hospital runs, or aid to those stranded in Alaska blizzards.
About Indiegogo
Crowdfunding is not something everyone does, especially if you’re a small business in the confines of Alaska.
But, it’s very smart marketing. When you are survivalists without the comforts we take for granted living in the pristine terrain of Alaska with moose, wild horses, big bear, and other critters, crowdfunding is brilliant.
Stand For The Man In Black
AL launched an Indiegogo called Stand For The Man In Black about five days ago. Her campaign coffers are nearing $5,000 and her goal is $250,000.
I do encourage you to dig deep into your pocket and help a gal out. If there’s anyone who needs it, it is Master Guide Terry Overly and AL Dibble the frontlines of Pioneer Outfitters in Chisana, Alaska.
Help them get a new plane so they don’t starve through another harsh winter. Help them get the fuel and oil they need to ensure the animals are warm and families don’t freeze. Let them have groceries when they’re hungry, and help them continue to train new wilderness guides who are critical to surviving Alaska. Most of all think of how critical that plane is for someone having an emergency medical attack or when man or beast is lost on a glacier.
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Indiegogo is awesome, Jayme. There are so many choices, like so many things, but I feel very blessed to have “clicked” with Indiegogo- they are easy to understand, even for someone brand new to crowd-sourcing and crowd-funding such as myself. Their Customer Happiness solidifies all those steps, tips and lessons on the “How” with their wonderful willingness to help you (me!) get it right and begin.
Thank you for this post, Jayme ~ AND all the help you have given and not just now with #Stand4theManinBlack, but since I began here online. Having you standing with me, helping me to stand strong and Be Fearless and to do what needed to be done ~ means more than words will ever say. Ever. The people standing with us, helping us come closer to our goal of $250,000, humble me. Remind me that we too are not alone.
Here in Chisana things are bad. We have been unable to locate the range horses, and the river is now flooding. We have spent enough money to pay for freight to buy the airplane, and yet had to pay for what could have, should have been done by ourselves. “Essential” Air service ~ basically means the power and phone systems come second to the importance of anyone who pays for enough beer to bump our fuel and horse feed from the plane that comes into Chisana twice a week.
And yet… I am Fearless. I am not afraid. So many people are standing with us now, so many people have been hearing my call, that to be afraid is to belittle what we can all do- together. My heart is full of joy, Terry was not hurt or taken from us, we are all still here and we WILL raise the money to replace the airplane that burned. We will survive. Others will survive – with the Man in Black back in the air- ready to help in all the ways only he can.
Thank you, Jayme.
P.S. ~ STOP CALLING ME “AL”! ~ Now you have other people calling me “AL” ~ it
makes me feel like a fat man burping and cussing on an old black and
white 1970’s tv show! (Good grief!)