Hall of Fame--On Top of the Mountain

Lary again influenced his younger brother, this time in a recreational capacity. He arranged for a trip to Alaska with Oscar and another brother, Jerome, in search of Dall Sheep, and immediately he was hooked by the physical challenge of hiking and mountain climbing, combined with the thrill of the hunt. Carlson has now twice achieved the Grand Slam of sheep, with trophies for the Dall, Stone Sheep (British Columbia), the Rocky Mountain Big Horn (northwest states) and the Desert Big Horn (Mexico and southwest states). He remains one trophy away from the World Slam of sheep, needing only the Gobi Argali, which he will soon seek out in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. He has traveled to six foreign countries—Canada, China, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mexico—in search of these desired sheep.