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