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Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
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Up on Mount McKinley, John Russell’s Body Remains Unfound
During the summer of 1967 a young student at Brigham Young University named Joe Wilcox led a team of twelve mountaineers on an expedition to Alaska to climb 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, known as Denali. At least nine members of the team expedition made it to the summit. At least two did not. Whether or not the 12th man, John Russell, reached the summit remains a mystery, as does his final resting p
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“Within those margins is Denali, a 144-square-mile mass of rock, snow, and ice that rises abruptly from a 2,000-foot plateau, soaring 18,000 feet from base to summit, the greatest vertical relief of any mountain on Earth, with the exception of the Hawaiian seamount Mauna Kea, the bulk of which lies beneath the Pacific Ocean. In comparison, Mount Everest, though 29,029 feet above sea level, rests on the 17,000-foot-high Tibetan Plateau and rises just 12,000 feet from base to summit. A similar plateau boosts the Andes; without those geologic booster seats, those peaks all would lie in Denali’s shadow.”
― Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
― Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
“In comparison, Mount Everest, though 29,029 feet above sea level, rests on the 17,000-foot-high Tibetan plateau and rises just 12,000 feet from base to summit. A similar plateau boosts the Andes; without those geological booster seats, those peaks all would lie in Denali’s shadow.”
― Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
― Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
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“In comparison, Mount Everest, though 29,029 feet above sea level, rests on the 17,000-foot-high Tibetan plateau and rises just 12,000 feet from base to summit. A similar plateau boosts the Andes; without those geological booster seats, those peaks all would lie in Denali’s shadow.”
― Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
― Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
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