Surviving Denali: A study of accidents on Mount McKinley, 1910-1982

by Jonathan Waterman

Paperback, 1983

Status

Available

Call number

796.5

Tags

mountains, climbing history, denali

Genres

Collection

Read but unowned

Publication

American Alpine Club (1983), Paperback, 192 pages

Description

Denali is the coldest, highest mountain in North America. Hard-core alpinists, rock climbers, mountaineers and neophyte backpackers flock from every country in the world to pit themselves against the mountain. Although most of these people succeed, too many others fail because of the cold, altitude sickness, falls, avalanches, storms or their own negligence. Accidents on the mount are common.

Media reviews

Summit Magazine
Is the accident report the highest form of mountaineering literature? Sure not; yet of four recent books on Denali, Jonathan Waterman's Surviving Denali is by far the most engrossing.

Subjects

Mountaineering Search and rescue operations Alaska McKinley, Mount History
Mountaineering accidents Alaska McKinley, Mount

Language

English

Original publication date

1983

Physical description

192 p.; 7.8 inches

ISBN

0930410181 / 9780930410186

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