Aniak

Two Montanans and I got flown into the Kuskokwim Mountains out of Aniak, AK in 1996.

The Best Day of All? 2008

Then we'd slip into the Kuskokwim lowlands, where the river carves channels through square-mile gravel bars and unravels in braids until it flows into the larger Aniak.

Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007

It may be that no one had attempted what we set out to do last July: Complete a 10-day unguided canoe descent of southwestern Alaska's Kipchuk and Aniak Rivers.

Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007

"There's nowhere in Alaska you can't get to in two or three hours with an airplane," figures the owner of Aniak Air Guides.

Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007

On the night before our scheduled pickup, we camped at the juncture of the Aniak and a long, sweeping channel.

Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007

Ronald Joseph, recently released from the correctional center, was arrested Saturday night after a fight in which Gilbert Aniak, 43, was stabbed with a four-inch hunting knife.

DO NOT PASS GO KIRKPATRICK HILL 2007

Aniak was taken to intensive care, and Joseph is in custody.

DO NOT PASS GO KIRKPATRICK HILL 2007

Ronald Joseph, recently released from the correctional center, was arrested Saturday night after a fight in which Gilbert Aniak, 43, was stabbed with a four-inch hunting knife.

DO NOT PASS GO KIRKPATRICK HILL 2007

Aniak was taken to intensive care, and Joseph is in custody.

DO NOT PASS GO KIRKPATRICK HILL 2007

While the mushers raced from Tuluksak to Kalskag and Aniak and back, the volunteers were mostly catching some sleep.

The Tenth Circle Jodi Picoult 2006