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The Sourdough Enigma

By Jonathan Waterman

Book information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1493035193, 9781493035199
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (13074860 bytes)
Edition
Hardcover
Pages
224\185
Time added
2018-11-02 02:56:12

Description

The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of three 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 25-pound, 14-foot flagpole to mark their success, they took on North America's highest peak using sheet metal crampons, coal shovels, hatchets, and alpenstocks to balance their way up the mountain. Was the expedition a success or a hoax? Denali climber Jon Waterman brings this colorful mountaineering mystery to life.

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