By Art Davidson
ISBN-10: 0898866871
ISBN-13: 9780898866872
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"This finely crafted experience story runs on adrenaline but additionally anything else: brutal honesty." —The Wall highway Journal
"I could not lay it down till it used to be all comprehensive (12:40 a.m.!)... a desirable and beautifully-written story." —Bradford Washburn
* considered one of nationwide Geographic Adventure's "The a hundred maximum experience Books of All Time"
* Spring 2013 marks the a centesimal anniversary of the 1st ascent of Mount McKinley
* re-creation encompasses a revised preface, new prologue, and new afterword describing more moderen wintry weather makes an attempt on McKinley
In 1967, 8 males tried North America's maximum summit: Mount McKinley (now often called Denali) have been climbed before—but by no means in iciness.
stricken by doubts and chilly, crew pressure and a crevasse tragedy, the excursion tackled McKinley in minimum hours of sunlight and fierce storms. They have been trapped at 3 diversified camps above 14,000 toes in the course of a six-day snow fall and confronted the final word low temperature of -148° F.
Minus 148° is paintings Davidson's attractive own narrative, supplemented through diary excerpts from group individuals George Wichman, John Edwards, Dave Johnston, and Greg Blomberg. Davidson retells the team's fears and frictions—and final triumph—with an honesty that has made this gripping survival tale a hiking vintage for over forty years. Minus 148° is featured between many "best of" analyzing lists, together with National Geographic Adventure's "The a hundred maximum experience Books of all Time."
"At twenty-two I got here to treat the 1st day trip to Mt. McKinley within the iciness as a trip into an unexplored land. not anyone had lived on North America's optimum ridges within the iciness twilight. nobody knew how low the temperatures might drop, or how penetrating the chilly will be while the wind blew. For millions of years McKinley's storms had raged by means of themselves." —Minus 148°
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