The Ascent of Denali: A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America

by Hudson Stuck

Book Overview

This book has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803291930
• ISBN13: 9780803291935
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Interesting account of the time.

The book is kind of dry at times but it's a very interesting account of the climb. The equipment they had was nothing compared to today. Now a days climbers won't go up without their fancy 400$ leather or plastic boots with clip on crampons, ultralight ice axes.. These guys went up with leather moccasins with 5 layers of wool socks in them and their ice axes and crampons were hand made from existing tools.All in all a definate read if you are interested in the history of mountaineering.

The Ascent of Denali

This is a well-written tribute to those who made the trip. Their success is amazing, given the equipment they had at the time. I really felt like I was with them. Any climber/outdoor nut should read this.