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Deep Snow:Deep Snow
A while back, around 1980, David Evan and one of his friends were on their way from Russian Mission to Kaiskag where they planned to meet up with a group of people and then go caribou hunting. From the start the day wasn't travelable. It was snowing heavily in the morning, and as the day went on the wind picked up and soon it was a blizzard. In the late afternoon the storm eased and the two decided to take a chance since the wind had ceased. They thought they would make it without any trouble because both of them had made the trip many times before. David had even broken the trail once before and wasn't worried. They left Russian Mission around five P.M. and at first the trail seemed alright. But when they got out of the tree line and on to the flat tundra the wind hit. They should have turned back then but didn't, and after a while Dave's friend noticed that they were off the trail. They turned back but could not find their trail and ended up riding for a long time until they found out that they had been making a circle. Soon afterward they both ran out of gas. Since it was about eleven o'clock at night, they decided to dig a levle in the snow and sleep. The next morning the sky cleared and they found out where they were, about twenty miles away from the trail. From where they stood it seemed that they were close to Piamiut, so they decided to to walk toward the river and from there to either Piamiut or back to Russian Mission. The first day of walking was good and they covered a lot of miles, but on the second day they got left the slough thinking that a straight route would be faster. It wasn't. The snow in the trees averaged waist deep and made their journey harder. They had no food and there was no game to be found so they were hungry. It took them four days to reach the Yukon, and when they got there they walked to Dog Fish camp and spent the night in the cabin. They were warm but there was no food. The next morning Dave and his friend completed their journey to Russian Mission. Finally, after almost eight days they could rest. By: David Evan Interviewed by: Ben Peteroff  | |
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