Lonnie Dupre, Pam Louwagie

Alone at the Top (eBook, ePUB)

Climbing Denali in the Dead of Winter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What goes through your mind when you're dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another human being for miles? Arctic explorer Lonnie Dupre had made a career out of working in teams to survive in extreme conditions and places most humans wouldn't dare to tread. But shortly after Dupre found himself alone after a twenty-year marriage, he decided he needed to summit Denali, the continent's tallest mountain, alone and in the harshest possible conditions to prove something to himself.

Dupre was on his fourth attempt in five years in late December 2014 when a surprise storm caught him at 11,200 feet. Forced to live for almost five full days with only a day and a half's worth of food and water, Dupre was in the most dangerous situation of his life.

Alone at the Top offers a mountaineer's firsthand perspective during life-and-death decision making on the mountain. Dupre takes readers along with him as he struggles to keep his mind and body in shape while facing incredible hardships. He applies the lessons learned on the mountain to everyday life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781681340838
• Artikelnr.: 52393436

Autorenporträt

Lonnie Dupre has spent most of his adult life either traveling in the Arctic or planning his next trip there. Dupre's significant achievements include the world's first circumnavigation of Greenland and a summer expedition to the North Pole. During his travels over the Arctic's disappearing ice, Dupre has participated in both scientific research and cultural exchanges, working with and gathering data for organizations such as the National Geographic Society, Greenpeace, the Explorers Club, the National Snow and Ice Data Center, and the U.S. Department of Atmospheric Sciences. His findings have been called "the Holy Grail of global warming data." Dupre lives on the shores of Lake Superior in Grand Marais, Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue Chapter 1 The Fledgling Explorer Chapter 2 A Life in the Cold Chapter 3 Denali Calls Chapter 4 Mt. Denial Chapter 5 Thinking of Going Alone Chapter 6 Making It Happen Chapter 7 Try
Try Again Chapter 8 One More Try Chapter 9 Weaving through the Kahiltna (6
700 feet to 9
400 feet) Chapter 10 Storm Brewing (9
400 to 11
200 feet) Chapter 11 Stuck Chapter 12 Still Stuck Chapter 13 Atrophy in the Tent Chapter 14 End Is Near Chapter 15 Happy New Year! Chapter 16 Forging Ahead Chapter 17 Getting around Windy Corner (11
200 to 13
500 feet) Chapter 18 Waiting to Commit (14
200 to 16
200) Chapter 19 Go for It Chapter 20 Seizing Summit Day Chapter 21 Long Way Home Epilogue Appendix A Divvying Up Weights
by Pascale Marceau and Lonnie Dupre Appendix B How to Keep Feet Warm at -60F Appendix C Clothing
Equipment
and Food List Appendix D Live Simply to Live