“Our families thought we were completely nuts,” said Rose. But for this couple, the decision to trade tradition for trekking was an easy one.
“The surroundings were unbelievable,” he said. “We couldn’t have been happier.”
“It wasn’t about the whole family atmosphere,” added his wife Dagmar. “It was about us and nature.”
It was also, surprisingly, about convenience, thanks to a small cottage industry that has developed around the trend.
Diane Pearson runs Pearson’s Pond, a bed-and-breakfast near the Mendenhall glacier. A certified wedding planner, she arranged for the couple’s helicopter flight and an ice field guide, who doubled as a photographer.
She brought the cake, the champagne, and the roses. She hiked with the couple until they found the “perfect spot” next to an azure-blue glacier pond, and then she married them – thanks to an Alaskan law that allows just about anyone to become a court-appointed marriage commissioner.
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