Don't trust an optimistic hunting guide
4,160 views · Published 18 October 2010 · 1:05 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: Anchorage Daily News · 2010 · News & Politics
Rain pelted the windshield. The noise was deafening as I guided the Cessna 206 through the mist and lined up for a shot on the gravel bar. I was hauling a drum of gasoline, some ATV parts and other supplies into a "900-foot gravel bar" (according to the hunting guide) at a camp on the Chukowan River in Southwest Alaska this September. I had never been into this particular gravel bar before, and at first look I knew right away it was definitely shorter than 900 feet. Read more white-knuckled tales at http://alaskadispatch.com/blogs/bush-pilot
