The Alaska daily empire., 1916-07-17
DORA KEENE WEDS MAN
 OF ALASKA
Noted Woman Mountain Climber Takes Alaskan
 for Her Husband.
ARE MARRIED IN ALASKA

Dora Keen. the noted million dol Tor woman mountain climber ana George William Handy, sour dough of Alaska, were married at Mccarthy, Alaska, last Tuesday ac- cording to advices received in Ju- lneau today. The announcement was first made in the States last Tues day by Dr.. W. W. Keen, the brides millionaire father.
 Behind this there rests TO- nance in real life-the story of the struggle of man and woman lagainst the clements the proof that Dan Cupid lives not only In the lauguorous atmosphere of the tropics or along the shores of moonht lakes in more temperate cli- mates, but that he abides also in the most primitive and inaccessible wildernesses.
 Cupid Busy in Alaska.
 Miss Dora Keen is wealthy in her own right She is a noted ex- plorer and mountain climber. Her husband is a frontiersman of the best courageous, determined, resourceful. Their acquaintance be- gan in 1912 at Mccarthy, Alaska. Fresh from the conquest Of Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and other high peaks in Europe, Miss Keen went to Alaska to try an ascent lof Mount Blackburn. whose summit, |16,14O feet above sea level, had nee CT been trodden by the foot of man or woman.
 In the party that accompanied her were George Handy, John Barrett, Bob Isaacson AXel Walstrom, John BloomQuist. C. w. Kolb and w. w. Lang. all seasoned Alaskans, accus- toned to living in the higher alti- tudes and immune to the cold winds that swept down on them from Sco- lai Glacier. They left Mccarthy on April %. and all walking on snow shoes, reached the base of che Northern mammoth mountain, five days later
 Storm Aids Arrow God
 Three days afterward Miss Keen ! was within a days travel of the ] top of the mountain, when a furious ! storm broke loose and ragged with in- ! creasing velocity and violence for | thirteen days 'In the blizzard of | whirling snow they were unable to 1 see each other at a distance of a ! few feet They were without tent ! or shelter. Handy, with his snow ! shoes. dug caverns into the snow, l and there the party crouched till l the storm subsided.
 On May IA the wind died down. ! They were then short of food, but | Miss Keen determined to reach the ! summit before returning. Together | with Handy, she conquered the ] mountain on May l9.
 Journey Full of Peril.
 The returning journey was full Of peril. The weather warmed and ! many avalanches crashed down the l serrated sides of the mountain. The | glaciers which they had crossed . began to open up big crevasses in new and unexpected places. Anoth- CT blizzard overlook them. but this time they faced the bowling winds, for they were then in lower alti- tudes. They finally reached their base camp, and ultimately Miss Keen returned to Cordova and thence to the United States.
 She came north last June. She said nothing of her intentions. Per haps in the back of her mind was the thought that the man who could . conquer Northern blizzard and ] Mount Blackburn was a good man to tie to for a life partner. But this ! is a mere conjecture.
 There's no telling exactly where ! Dan Cupid stepped in, for the angel | of Death and the angel of Love ] stalk side by side on the Northern l mountain trails and Romance ! wanders loose in the mystic land, | where Northern lights come down | O nights to dance on the houseless ! snOws."