Conrad Anker, Jon Krakauer, Melissa Arnot Reid, and other climbers and guides react to President Trump’s renaming of Alaska’s Denali ...
“Native Alaskans were calling it Denali for thousands of years before anybody else came here. In the climbing community, it’s almost universal—I almost never hear anybody call it McKinley.
Denali, or Mount Mckinley, represents a significant mountaineering challenge, which requires extensive climbing experience, preparation, technical skills, and a high-level of conditioning.
Denali. Bradley’s inspiring message of perseverance takes viewers along on his two-week journey to the mountain’s summit through treacherous weather conditions. Climbing Into Fear is available ...
It started as an idea around the campfire on an Outdoor Action/Women's Center Backpacking Trip to the Shenandoahs in March 1995. Bethany Coates '98, and others on the trip discussed the idea of doing ...
The mountain will now be officially known as McKinley in the US. However, other countries aren’t obliged to recognize the new name. Alongside native Alaskans, Denali is also pivotal to the climbing ...
Denali is also pivotal to the climbing community. On average, about 1,000 eager climbers attempt to summit the mountain each year, traversing unforgiving Alaskan terrain and several sheer drops.
“Though all the expeditions have been equally challenging in their unique ways, but physically I felt the climb to Mount Denali exhausting because there were no porters and we had to carry not ...
Linda Infante Lyons is against the name change. "Denali forever!" told us. She used a tripod and timer to take this photo in 2015 of herself and her husband, with the mountain looming President ...