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Minus 148 Degrees: First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley
Art Davidson
Art Davidson's account of the first winter ascent of Denali in 1967 — when temperatures dropped to minus 148 degrees with wind chill. Three climbers survived a storm that should have killed them. The cold is a character in this book.
Ice & Snow
Mountains & Climbing
Memoir
Alaska
Buy at Bookshop.org
Publisher
Mountaineer Books
Published
2014
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