This Denali climb was not only a historic first. It became an improbable tale of survival. And yet the feat escaped widespread notice and disappeared from our collective consciousness. In 1970, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women took ...

For months, Oscar McHugh and his father Dan had their sights set on Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America. The pair has been mountaineering for years. They frequently backpack in the ...

What began as just a way to “seek adventure” for Kunwoo Kim ’15 snowballed into nearly seven months of training and climbing, culminating in reaching the 20,310-foot summit of Denali — the tallest ...

Toranosuke Nagayama and his two climbing partners spent more than two years planning a major expedition on Denali. “Alaskan climbing is very special,” Nagayama said. “We are really interested in that, ...

Before his Denali mapping trip, Nolan had only flown one test flight above 12,000 feet. To map Denali he needed to fly at 23,000 feet, about 1,700 feet about the summit. In a nonpressurized plane at ...