Should I Not Return : The most controversial tragedy in the history of North American mountaineering!

• Autore: Babcock Jeffrey
• Pubblicazione: Chicago : , : Publication Consultants, , 2014; ©2014
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Mountaineering; Mountaineering accidents
• Nota di contenuto: Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prolouge: Good Things Take Time -- Chapter 1: The Beginning of The End -- Chapter 2: Sir Edmund Hillary and William McKinley -- Chapter 3: North to Alaska -- Chapter 4: Time Will Tell -- Chapter 5: Pitchler's Perch -- Chapter 6: Love Hurts -- Chapter 7: Nightmare -- Chapter 8: Despair At The Depot -- Chapter 9: A Drinking Town with a Climbing Problem -- Chapter 10: The Train -- Chapter 11: Ghost Riders In The Sky -- Chapter 12: A Gut Feeling -- Chapter 13: The River's Edge -- Chapter 14: A Real Monster in the Fog -- Chapter 15: Amazing Grace -- Chapter 16: Harper Icefall -- Chapter 17: Crevasse -- Chapter 18: Frozen Stiff -- Chapter 19: Baptism By Fire -- Chapter 20: Avalanche -- Chapter 21: The Rescue Attempt -- Chapter 22: A Visit from Elton Thayer -- Chapter 23: The Ice Axe -- Chapter 24: Keep Digging -- Chapter 25: To the Top of the Continent -- Chapter 26: The Storm -- Chapter 27: The American Dream -- Chapter 28: What Is Real? -- Epilogue.
• Sommario/riassunto: Should I Not Return is the story of a young east coast climber, who joins his brother in Alaska to climb Mount McKinley. What set their climb apart from those before it, and even those afterward, was a disaster of such magnitude that it became know as North America's worst mountaineering tragedy. Prior to July of 1967 only four men had ever perished on Denali, and then, in one fell swoop, Denali--like Melville s, Great White Whale, Moby Dick--indiscriminately took the lives of seven men. The brothers survive one danger after another: a terrible train accident, a near drowning in the McKinley River, an encounter with a large grizzly, a 60 foot plunge into a gaping crevasse, swept away by a massive avalanche, and finally a climactic escape from the terror of 100 mph winds while descending from the summit. Should I Not Return is a one of a kind cliffhanger packed with danger, survival under the worst conditions, and heroism on the Last Frontier s most treasured trophy--the icy slopes of Denali, North America s tallest mountain--Mount McKinley.
• Titolo autorizzato: Should I Not Return
• ISBN: 1-59433-271-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157765503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II