Mount McKinley: Icy Crown of North America - Hardcover

Beckey, Fred

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898863627 ISBN 13: 9780898863628

Publisher: Mountaineers Books, 1993

Synopsis

Traces the history of America's tallest mountain, tells the stories of those who climbed it, and discusses the logistics of climbing

About this title

About the Author:

FRED BECKEY has achieved enduring recognition as the most imaginative, persistent, and thorough explorer and mountain investigator of the Cascade Range Wilderness. He was noted as "one of America's most colorful and eccentric mountaineers," and is unofficially recognized as the all-time world-record holder for the number of first ascents credited to one man. In addition to being the author of the Cascade Alpine Guide series (V1, V2, V3), Beckey is also the author of Mountains of North America, The Range of Glaciers: Exploration and Survey of the North Cascades, and a personal narrative, Challenge of the North Cascades.

From Library Journal:

This book's introductory chapters offer a prehistory and history of all Alaska up to its purchase. Succeeding chapters report six explorations of Mt. McKinley before 1914, emphasizing the ascents of Dr. F.O. Cook, the Sourdoughs, Belmore Brown, and Hudson Stuck. Eight selected climbs, made between 1951 and the mid-1980s, are also related in detail. Major climbing routes are described, with closing chapters covering accidents on the mountain, logistics, and other information valuable to potential climbers. The lack of a strong focus and infelicities of style make this account unnecessary for collections owning copies of Bradford Washburn and David Roberts's Mt. McKinley: The Conquest of Denali (Abrams, 1991) and Jonathan Waterman's Surviving Denali: A Study of Accidents on Mt. McKinley, 1903-90 (American Alpine Club, 1992. 2d ed.).
- Paula M. Strain, MLS, Rockville, Md.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0898863627
• ISBN 13: 9780898863628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 319