To The Top of Denali, livre ebook

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.
I’d been planning the climb for more than a year. For months it had been a distant fantasy—something to dream about and work toward. To build up strength, I lifted weights. To improve my endurance and aerobic capacity, I ran several times each week, went on long hikes, and climbed nearby hills while wearing a heavy pack. Now, suddenly, the adventure had begun. Inside the tent, I wondered if I was prepared to take on the challenge.
Outside, the Kahilta Glacier broiled in the summertime heat. Temperatures in the shade reached 50° F. In direct sunlight, the heat was almost unbearable. As Petr said, it was “like being in a frying pan.” Members of the team quickly stripped down to their polypropylene underwear. We coated our faces with number 15 sunscreen, added nose-guards to sunglasses, and put on baseball caps with bandannas attached to protect head and neck. At 7,200 feet, in May, under clear blue skies, the chief dangers were heatstroke and sunburn rather than hypothermia and frostbite.
Foreword by Art Davidson — ix, Preface — xi, Acknowledgements — xvi, Chapter One: The Mountain — 1, Chapter Two: The Pioneers — 7, Chapter Three: The Sourdough Expedition 1910 — 25, Chapter Four: Hudson Stuck and the First Ascent 1913 — 41, Chapter Five: The 1932 Expeditions; Carpe and Lindley Like — 61, Chapter Six: Bradford Washburn and the West Buttress — 81, Chapter Seven: Cassin’s Conquest of the South Face, 1961 — 125, Chapter Eight: The First Winter Ascent, 1967 — 137, Chapter Nine: The Wilcox Expedition Disaster, 1967 — 173, Chapter Ten: Winter Solo Ascents: Waterman, Uemura, and Johnston — 207, Chapter Eleven: Winter Solo Ascents: Tejas and Staeheli — 233, Chapter Twelve: The Deadliest Season, 1992 — 273, Chapter Thirteen: Climber Self Sufficiency and Rescues — 289,
Chapter Fourteen: Mountain of Trash — 313, Chapter Fifteen: Guiding on McKinley — 327, Notes — 348, Glossary — 356, Mount McKinley Firsts — 360, Winter Ascents of Mt. McKinley Through 2012 — 361, Denali National Park and Preserve Climbing Services — 362, Bibliography — 364, Index — 368