Forever on the mountain : the truth behind one of mountaineering's most controversial and mysterious disasters / James M. Tabor.
By: Tabor, James M.
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BookPublisher: New York : W. W. Norton, c2007Edition: 1st ed.Description: xxii, 400 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393061741 (hardcover); 0393061744.Subject(s): Mountaineering accidents -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount | Mountaineering -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount | Mountaineering accidents | Mountaineering | Mount McKinley (Alaska)DDC classification: 796.522/09798 Summary: Chronicles the events surrounding a 1967 expedition in which twelve men became trapped at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley and the controversial decision not to undertake a rescue mission until it was too late.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-374) and index.
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Chronicles the events surrounding a 1967 expedition in which twelve men became trapped at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley and the controversial decision not to undertake a rescue mission until it was too late.
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