Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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A LITTLE LEAGUER whose game had been rained out took shelter under the open walled shelter of the Fairbanks picnic area one evening, waiting out the shower before riding his bike home. His great-grandfather had been one of the early Alaskan bush-pilots; his father is a carpenter, and...
He was surprised to find his audience so interested in something as commonplace as the Northern Lights. "They're just like big colored curtains," he explained, "with big pieces cut out of them." There was one thing about the Northern Lights, though, that impressed even him. "One night I was...
Anchorage lies at the top of Cook Inlet, on the edge of a plain; the city has few buildings tall enough to contend with the open sky. Only the steeply-rising mountains nearby are large enough really to hold your vision, and they draw it up their rough slopes to...
ART DAVIDSON dropped out of school in California to climb mountains. He's a lanky, agile man with a thick red beard and hair the same length as his beard. His deep voice bobs pleasantly up and down as though he's always telling favorite stories to an appreciative group...
Art Davidson leads a more settled life now. He makes films for his own Anchorage-based company, Alaska Wildlife Productions, and has published a book, Minus 148, about the first winter ascent of North America's highest peak, Mt. McKinley. (The title refers to the temperature Art and two other...