An Exploration to Mount McKinley, America's Highest Mountain
Author : Alfred Hulse Brooks
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Alaska
ISBN :
The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley)
Author : Hudson Stuck
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 36,31 MB
Release : 1914
Category : McKinley, Mount
ISBN :
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Denali's Howl
Author : Andy Hall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,78 MB
Release : 2014-06-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0698157125
Book Description
In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-alifetime blizzard, only five made it back down. Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy occurred and spent years tracking down rescuers, survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali’s Howl, Hall reveals the full story of the expedition in a powerful retelling that will mesmerize the climbing community as well as anyone interested in mega-storms and man’s sometimes deadly drive to challenge the forces of nature.
Minus 148°
Author : Art Davidson
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 1969
Category : McKinley, Mount (Alaska)
ISBN :
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The Wilderness of Denali
Author : Charles Sheldon
Publisher : Derrydale Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,84 MB
Release : 2000-02-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1461661536
Book Description
Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1930, The Wilderness of Denali is a memoir of three years of hunting the area of Alaska surrounding Mt. McKinley. It is a classic of American adventure—a book written by a man who was willing to risk his life in pursuit of grizzly bears and the elusive mountain sheep. The account was written each night by campfire as Sheldon discovered what is still regarded as the most scenic wilderness in America.
Mount McKinley
Author : Fred Beckey
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 31,6 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780898866469
Book Description
This biography of Alaska's Mount McKinley presents a complete history of one of the world's great mountains. Author and famed mountaineer Fred Beckey starts with McKinley's geology and covers early human history, from native associations with Denali to the influx of Russian fur traders and American prospectors. Also included is information about the challenges and logistics of climbing Mount McKinley, with information on planning, permits, suggested routes, and what to expect.
Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
Author : James M. Tabor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,72 MB
Release : 2008-06-17
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0393066851
Book Description
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Book Festival "Forever on the Mountain grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances." —Washington Post In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.
Mt. McKinley, the Pioneer Climbs
Author : Terris Moore
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780898860214
Book Description
In this book, Terris Moore presents a dramatic account of man's contest with McKinley, from initial explorations on into the 1940s. With documented facts and a novelist's skills, he tackles the mysteries and controversies surrounding many of the early expeditions. There was the daring 1910 ascent of the North Peak by a group of Alaska sourdoughs, who carried up a large pole to plant on the top only to discover later that there was another, higher summit. Perhaps the most widely discussed attempt was that of Arctic Explorer Dr. Frederick Cook, who tried to support his claim of victory in 1906 with faked photos.
In the Shadow of Mount McKinley
Author : William N. Beach
Publisher : Derrydale Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,46 MB
Release : 2000-04-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1461708176
Book Description
These tales and descriptions of the Mt. McKinley area of Alaska were written by on of the world's most famous big game hunters. The riveting accounts of hunting expeditions for caribou, bear, moose, and mountain sheep are ably illustrated with both photos taken by the author and by color plates of stunning paintings by Carl Rungius. It's a thrilling armchair journey with one of the first explorers and hunters in this part of North America. The descriptions of this wild land will have you packing your bags to visit the last great wilderness America has to offer.
Chasing Denali
Author : Jonathan Waterman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 24,28 MB
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1493035207
Book Description
The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of four gold miners (called “Sourdoughs” because they carried sourdough starter with them at all times) who claimed to have summited after climbing more than 8,000 feet of steep snow and ice, then back down again—all in a single and incredibly dangerous day in 1910. Lugging a 25-pound, 14-foot flagpole to mark their success, they took on North America’s highest peak using sheet metal crampons, coal shovels, hatchets, and alpenstocks to balance their way up the mountain. Was the expedition a success or a hoax? Denali climber Jon Waterman brings this colorful mountaineering mystery to life.
