| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxii, 400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-374) and index. |
| Contents |
Cast of characters -- Prologue: Sharp end of the deam -- APPROACH: Realms of myth -- For want of a wrist -- Fool's gold -- Ire of the mountain king -- Clash at Cougar Rock -- ASCENT: The long road North -- Lone man walking -- Divided we falter -- Friktion -- Pictures of an expedition -- Terras incognitas -- Summit Conference -- Blowup -- Odd man up -- ACCIDENT: Just one more wand -- Last words -- We will live to tell stories -- Where is the cavalry? -- A most unusual storm -- Where death has no meaning -- Mixed messages -- Some will die -- Hard men indeed -- Crossing the river -- Far too little, way too late -- We cannot look at him -- And two make three -- One hell of a good story -- AFTERMATH: Hanging jury -- Memorable quotes -- "Summit" and ANAM -- Just a publicity stunt -- Crossing the line -- Remaking history -- Twisting in the wind -- Survivors -- Maps: Alaska & Mt. McKinley / Denali -- Route of the Wilcox Expedition -- 1967 tragedy area: Camp VII to Summit. |
| Summary |
In July 1967, seven young men--members of Joe Wilcox's twelve-man expedition--died on Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak, stranded at 20,000 feet during a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed with no rescue attempt; the bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation. This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling--and losing--on one of the world's starkest and stormiest peaks. In lives lost, it was then history's third-worst mountaineering disaster--but elements of finger-pointing, incompetence, and coverup make this disaster unlike any other. Author Tabor draws on previously untapped sources, and consults not only mountaineers but also experts in disciplines including meteorology, forensics, and psychology. What results is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Mountaineering accidents -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount.
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Mountaineering -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount.
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| ISBN |
9780393061741 |
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0393061744 |
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