

It also is filled with photographs of the wildlife and terrain, and is nicely written and beautifully presented. He recently published “A Taste of Wild Alaska,” which recounts his adventures in great and entertaining detail. Now, Elinskas, who is retired and lives in Utica, has put it all down on paper. I got to do something very few people will ever do.

“We were in pretty good shape,” Elinskas said. Elinskas signed his name, added the date, and put everything back as it was. Marshall and some friends had climbed the peak in the 1930s. One time, Elinskas climbed a prominent mountain, moved a flat stone to sit on, and found a piece a paper in an old coffee can that was signed by legendary hiker and environmentalist Bob Marshall.
