num_pages: 264
description: * Helps expose long-time accident patterns so future climbers can avoid repeating these climbing mistakes on Denali* Waterman has worked as a climbing ranger on Denali and speaks from first-hand rescue experienceIn his preface Dr. Peter Hackett writes of Jonathan Waterman's motivations for writing Surviving Denali The motivation for writing this book is to dispel the myth of Denali as a cakewalk and to help climbers prepare adequately for polar high-altitude survival. By learning from the past climbers can avoid similar problems; this is the goal of Surviving Denali.Waterman presents an in-depth analysis of altitude medical problems frostbite avalanche and fall injuries and deaths on Denali in order to point out the mistakes that may have been made and methods that might have been used to prevent them. In further chapters Waterman also covers how to prepare properly for Denali.
language: English
title: Surviving Denali: A Study of Accidents on Mount McKinley 1903-1990
publisher: The AAC Press (American Alpine Club)