Description
In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mount McKinley in a vicious Arctic storm. Ten days passed while the storm raged, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history.
Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman Maclean's Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other.
Author: James M. Tabor
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780393331967
ISBN10: 0393331962
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Mountaineering
- Sports & Recreation | History