There aren't any good climbing spots near Fairbanks, only a couple tiny rocks. Other local specialty, the sled races, like the famous yearly Iditarod . Dogs bred for races are a mix of husky, wolf and hounds. They are fast, they can pull heavy sleds and they can do it for days in a row in the cold of the Alaskan winter. Those dogs opened up Alaska at the turn of the century and they are still doing their share of the work.
Cats are smarter than dogs.
You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. An eskimo has his snowmobile break down while riding past a small town in Alaska. He takes it to the repair shop and is told to come back in about an hour. No, that's just a little frost on my mustache. I was supposed to go open a new route with a friend from Fairbanks, but he fell from his bike a few days before going, so I ended up going alone on the West Buttress which is the classic route.