Bill Sherwonit

To The Top of Denali

Climbing Adventures on North America's Highest Peak

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this revised and updated third edition, Bill Sherwonit brings to life the adventure, heroism, triumph, and tragedy of climbing North America's highest peak, Denali. He offers great insight and tales of daring adventure for both experienced climbers and armchair explorers who wonder why people climb mountains. The book contains stores about some of the best known personalities associated with the mountain --- from Bradford Washburn to Vern Tejas. Sherwonit has added new records and climbing data along with some stories of new faces who have attempted the climb. He also updated the Park Service rules regarding climbing Denali.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alaska Northwest Books
• Revised & Updat
• Seitenzahl: 394
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780882408941
• ISBN-10: 0882408941
• Artikelnr.: 35359084

Autorenporträt

Sherwonit is an outdoors/nature writer.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Art Davidson
Preface
Acknowledgements
Ch 1 The Mountain
Ch 2 The Pioneers
Ch 3 The Sourdough Expedition 1910
Ch 4 Hudson Stuck and the First Ascent 1913
Ch 5 The 1932 Expeditions; Carpe and Lindley-Like
Ch 6 Bradford Washburn and the West Buttress
Ch 7 Cassin’s Conquest of the South Face
1961
Ch 8 The First Winter Ascent
1967
Ch 9 The Wilcox Expedition Disaster
1967
Ch 10 Winter Solo Ascents: Waterman
Uemura
and Johnston
Ch 11 Winter Solo Ascents: Tejas and Staeheli
Ch 12 The Deadliest Season
1992
Ch 13 Climber Self-Sufficiency and Rescues
Ch 14 Mountain of Trash
Ch 15 Guiding on McKinley
Ch 16 Looking to the Future
Notes
Glossary
Alaska Climbers Hall of Fame
Mount McKinley Firsts
Winter Ascents of Mt. McKinley Through 2011
Denali National Park and Preserve Climbing Services
Bibliography
Index.