:37:08
It's just out there waiting.
:37:11
Waiting for the chance to fuck you over.
:37:13
-You personally?
-Whoever.
:37:15
One second, you're skimming along
the surface, not a care in the world...
:37:19
...then one thing goes wrong.
:37:21
Yeah, like Rudy Bannister.
:37:23
Rudy Bannister?
:37:24
He's up in the fjord longlining when
the front of the glacier breaks off.
:37:28
It makes this wave four or five stories
high by the time it hits his boat.
:37:33
It's gone.
:37:35
And Sonny McCarthy.
:37:37
Gets caught in the riptides, trying
to short cut through Rimski Channel.
:37:40
They hit the rocks.
Two guys stay onboard, two guys jump.
:37:44
Sonny and the other guy
stayed onboard, bought it.
:37:47
-Luck.
-Luck, nothing.
:37:49
The ocean wanted them.
:37:50
Hell, I'm glad I'm not
going out there no more.
:37:54
It could be quick, like that
deadhead that Tommy Grogan hit.
:37:57
It punched through his bow
and sunk him in five minutes.
:38:00
Or it can sneak up on you
when you're not even looking.
:38:04
Like Joe Gastineau.
:38:07
Fuck. Ever a guy had the world
by the balls, it's Joey.
:38:11
The basketball player?
:38:13
He was headed for a full scholarship,
some university in California.
:38:16
Senior year, he blows out his knee.
Kiss that goodbye.
:38:20
Had a jump shot that'd make you weep.
:38:22
So he gets on one of Torgeson's
crab boats up north...
:38:25
...back when that was
a fucking gold mine.
:38:28
Makes enough to put a down payment
on this little gillnetter...
:38:31
...the Arctic Dawn.
:38:33
Gets some friends, Lester Pope,
who used to work with his father...
:38:37
...and this kid, Oley.
:38:38
Jack Johannson's brother.
:38:40
He'd never been out fishing.
:38:41
He's like a high-school buddy.
Played hoop with Joe.
:38:44
They were gonna go out with Joe
and make a big score.
:38:47
I was crewing on the Cape Fox then.
We hooked into this run.
:38:51
We were barely moving.
It was flat calm, no tide.
:38:53
We were picking fish as fast
as we could to keep the net wet.
:38:57
By nightfall, we were all plugged,
waiting in line at the tender.