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 ...

Tracee Metcalfe wouldn’t have considered herself a mountaineer at the beginning of it all. Growing up in the suburbs of L.A.

In June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women took their first steps in a historic feat. Led by Alaskan Grace Hoeman and ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal Board of Geographic Names has rejected a proposal to name a summit in Denali National Park and Preserve after a Mat-Su mining pioneer. Michele Stevens, daughter of Carola June Young, ...

Journalist and author of Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali Journalist and author of Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First ...