Jonathan Waterman

Gebundenes Buch

Chasing Denali

The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering

Beschreibung

The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of four gold miners (called "Sourdoughs" because they carried sourdough starter with them at all times) who claimed to have summited after climbing more than 8,000 feet of steep snow and ice, then back down again--all in a single and incredibly dangerous day in 1910. Lugging a 2

Autor

Jonathan Waterman is mostly known for his time exploring the North, detailed in seven of his twelve books and in journals such as the Washington Post, The New York Times, Adventure, Hooked On the Outdoors, Outside, Backpacker, Climbing, and Rock and Ice. He is the author of A Most Hostile Mountain, Arctic Crossing, Cloud Dancers, In the Shadow of Denali, Surviving Denali, and Where the Mountains Are Nameless, among others. He lives in Carbondale, Colorado.

Produktdetails

• Lyons Press
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9781493035199
• ISBN-10: 1493035193
• Artikelnr.: 51980442