Chasing Denali
The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering
Published on 1. November 2018
224 pages
978-1-4930-3520-5 (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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The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering
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Chasing Denali
The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering
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11/2018
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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.
Content
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Cast of Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds
- Prologue
- Part I: April 1910
- Interlude: June 2016
- Part II: January 1911
- Epilogue
- Index
- Acknowledgments
