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  SummitPost - Mount McKinley (Denali) -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
In 1998, three Russians made the first January ascent of Denali, a time of the year when the mountain receives only five hours of sunlight a day (click on this link for the press release: Mountain Zone).
Mount McKinley is located in the subpolar low, a region where arctic air moving from the north converges with warmer air moving from the south at a latitude of 60 degrees (Denali is located at 63 degrees).
Mount McKinley Fraud: And here's an anti-Cook webpage that presents all arguments against him.
www.summitpost.org /parent/150199/mount-mckinley-denali.html   (3287 words)

  
 Information About Denali
The United States government still calls the mountain by the name Mount McKinley and the preserve around it as Denali National Park.
But, the State of Alaska and mountaineers more commonly apply the native Athabaskan Indian name, Denali, meaning "The High One".
Ken Bayne's comprehensive resource on climbing and expedition planning for Mount McKinley.
www.copsontop.com /denali99/info.htm   (627 words)

  
 Alaska Mountain Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
rope on 14,000 Mount Augusta in Kluane National Park.
First winter ascent of Denali along with Ray Genet and Art Davidson (author of Minus 148, the book chronicalling the first winter ascent of Denali).
Sultana Ridge, as well as the second ascent of Mount Hunter.
www.alaskamountainforum.com /home.php   (2442 words)

  
 survival books
Along with the survival stories of others, veteran climber Potterfield tells a harrowing tale of his own brush with death and dramatic rescue on Chimney Rock in the Cascades in 1988.
Then there is Colby Coombs, who, after an avalanche killed his two companions on Alaska's Mount Foraker in 1992, struggled for five days to make his way down, despite a broken neck, shoulder and ankle.
Potterfield's other story features Scott Fischer and his determination to climb K-2, in Pakistan's Karakoram, in 1992.
www.hikercentral.com /gear/books/survival.html   (1875 words)

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