Chasing Denali
The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering
Published on 1. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
178 pages
978-1-4930-5896-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Guilford
United States
Publishing group
Rowman & Littlefield
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
24 BW Photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-5896-9 (9781493058969)
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Jonathan Waterman
Chasing Denali
The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering
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11/2018
Simon + Schuster LLC
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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.