Chasing Denali - The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, Frauds Behind Most Unbelievable Feat in

The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of four gold miners (called “Sourdoughs” because they carried sourdough starter with them at all times) who claimed to have summited after climbing more than 8,000 feet of steep snow and ice, then back down again—all in a single and incredibly dangerous day in 1910. Lugging a 25-pound, 14-foot flagpole to mark their success, they took on North America’s highest peak using sheet metal crampons, coal shovels, hatchets, and alpenstocks to balance their way up the mountain. Was the expedition a success or a hoax? Denali climber Jon Waterman brings this colorful mountaineering mystery to life.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jonathan Waterman is mostly known for his time exploring the North, detailed in seven of his twelve books and in journals such as the Washington Post, The New York Times, Adventure, Hooked On the Outdoors, Outside, Backpacker, Climbing, and Rock and Ice. He is the author of A Most Hostile Mountain, Arctic Crossing, Cloud Dancers, In the Shadow of Denali, Surviving Denali, and Where the Mountains Are Nameless, among others. He lives in Carbondale, Colorado.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Waterman, Waterman Jonathan
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781493035199
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-3519-9
• Seiten: 184
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Sonstige Sportarten; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Natur: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Alaska, NATURE / General, National Parks, Denali, SPORTS & RECREATION / Hiking, National Park, Myth, Chasing Denali, kayaking the vermilion sea, the colorado river, Sourdough Enigma, in the shadow of denali, Park history, cloud dancers, Jon Waterman, Jonathan Waterman, most hostile mountain, high alaska, northern exposures, quotable climber, arctic crossing, where mountains are nameless, running dry, Sourdough, surviving denali