Minus 148 Degrees: The First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley

from breic

Good, but only average for the genre. The climbers themselves seem a bit lukewarm about the whole thing—not surprising given the grim difficulties and disasters they face. They reach the summit in ...

from nancynova

A re-publication; an expedition sets out to climb Mt Mckinley (Denali) in Alaska in the winter. Only three of them "summit", then are caught in a storm, the waiting party of four separates after th...

from dypaloh

"Altitude was heckling my mind." Not nice. But the author and his companions, on an expedition to accomplish the first wintertime ascent of Mt. McKinley, managed to keep their wits when failing wou...

from TheSmarch

One of the better mountaineering books I have read from the NatGeo list. Most mountaineering books are full of jargon and descriptions that are incomprehensible to a lay person. This one is told si...