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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780898866872
ISBN: 0898866871
Label: Mountaineers Books
Manufacturer: Mountaineers Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 242
Publication Date: 1999-07
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Sales Rank: 41008
Studio: Mountaineers Books
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Book was good but text was missing from maybe 20 pages of the last chapter.
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I am not going to rehash the plot here, I'm sure others have done so and you can get that in some capacity from many sources. The author was on the expedition which this book is about, and it was a bold one to say the least; the first winter ascent of Mt Mckinley. He does a great job inviting us onto Mt McKinley (it was not Denali in 1967, at least not in the public mind) and this is a quick and pleasing read. However he does not interweave as deftly the history and personal story lines that have ... Read More
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I'm not sure, but I may have been one of the pilots on the C-130 that helped to coordinate the rescue of the team off of Mt. McKinley. Rescue 489 sounds like one of the 17th Troop Carrier Squadron's aircraft. And, I recall dropping (parachuting) a couple of radios on the emergency frequency to a climbing team that we helped rescue. The aircraft commander and I are discussing this particular rescue as "I speak."
As I recall, the person from the expedition that was talking to me was ... Read More
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this is a fantastic read, if you have ever climbed any mountain this would probably interest you
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I loved how suspenseful it is when they are trapped in the snow cave for a week. I would definetly recommend this book to anyone about the age of 12. It is kind of challenging.
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