Denali

by Davidson, Art; Browne, Belmore; Stuck, Hudson

• ISBN13: 9780898868357
• ISBN10: 0898868351
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books

Summary

-- Reissues historically important McKinley writings-- Three stories in one collector's volume-- The Ascent of Denali is accompanied by the diary of Walter Harper, the half-Athabascan, half-Irish guide and dog-team handler who was the first person to set foot on the summitThe stories of the fake, the almost, and the actual first ascent of North America's highest peak are joined in one unabridged volume for the first time. In To the Top of the Continent, Dr. Frederick A. Cook describes his glorious and rapid climb to the peak -- a claim that has been widely discredited. Belmore Browne next reveals the heartache of turning back a mere hundred yards from the summit in The Conquest of Mount McKinley. Finally, Hudson Stuck tells how his team of amateur climbers, but experienced Alaska travelers, reached the summit in The Ascent of Denali. Together, these three narratives comprise a unique history of the stakes, passions, and challenges involved in making Mount McKinley's first ascent.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(6)
Art Davidson
Commentary on To the Top of the Continent	13	(2)
To the Top of the Continent	15	(178)
Dr. Frederick A. Cook
Commentary on The Conquest of Mount McKinley	189	(4)
The Conquest of Mount McKinley	193	(302)
Belmore Browne
Commentary on The Ascent of Denali	493	(2)
The Ascent of Denali	495	(125)
Hudson Stuck
Walter Harper	620	(9)
Yuonne Mozee
Diary of Walter Harper	629	(18)
Afterword	647
Art Davidson