THE ASCENT OF DENALI
(MOUNT McKINLEY)
A NARRATIVE OF THE
FIRST COMPLETE ASCENT
OF THE HIGHEST PEAK IN NORTH AMERICA
BY
HUDSON STUCK, D.D.
ARCHDEACON OF THE YUKON
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1918
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1918
Ice Fall of nearly four thousand feet, by which the upper or Harper Glacier discharges into the lower or Muldrow Glacier (page 39)
Copyright, 1914, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published February, 1914
BOOKS BY HUDSON STUCK, D.D., F.R.G.S.
PUBLISHED BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
VOYAGES ON THE YUKON AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska
Illustrated. 8vo Net $4.50
“His book is a worthy contribution in a fascinating field of natural and geographical science as well as an entertaining record of highly expert and continually risky exploration.”
—Phila. North American.
THE ASCENT OF DENALI (MT. MCKINLEY)
Illustrated. 8vo Net $1.75
“A wonderful record of indomitable pluck and endurance.”
—Bulletin of the American Geographical Society.
“Its pages make one wish that all mountain climbers might be archdeacons if their accounts might thus gain, in the interest of happenings by the way, emotional vision and intellectual outlook.”
—New York Times.
TEN THOUSAND MILES WITH A DOG SLED
A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
Illustrated. 8vo Net $1.75
“One of the most fascinating and altogether satisfactory books of travel which we have seen this year, or, indeed, any year.”
—New York Tribune.
PUBLISHED BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
VOYAGES ON THE YUKON AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
A Narrative of Summer Travel in the Interior of Alaska
Illustrated. 8vo Net $4.50
“His book is a worthy contribution in a fascinating field of natural and geographical science as well as an entertaining record of highly expert and continually risky exploration.”
—Phila. North American.
THE ASCENT OF DENALI (MT. MCKINLEY)
Illustrated. 8vo Net $1.75
“A wonderful record of indomitable pluck and endurance.”
—Bulletin of the American Geographical Society.
“Its pages make one wish that all mountain climbers might be archdeacons if their accounts might thus gain, in the interest of happenings by the way, emotional vision and intellectual outlook.”
—New York Times.
TEN THOUSAND MILES WITH A DOG SLED
A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska
Illustrated. 8vo Net $1.75
“One of the most fascinating and altogether satisfactory books of travel which we have seen this year, or, indeed, any year.”
—New York Tribune.
“This startlingly brilliant book.”—Literary Digest.
To
SIR MARTIN CONWAY
ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRAVELLERS AND CLIMBERS
WHOSE FASCINATING NARRATIVES
HAVE KINDLED IN MANY BREASTS A LOVE OF THE
GREAT HEIGHTS AND A DESIRE TO ATTAIN UNTO THEM
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
SIR MARTIN CONWAY
ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST TRAVELLERS AND CLIMBERS
WHOSE FASCINATING NARRATIVES
HAVE KINDLED IN MANY BREASTS A LOVE OF THE
GREAT HEIGHTS AND A DESIRE TO ATTAIN UNTO THEM
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED WITH RESPECT AND ADMIRATION
PREFACE
Forefront in this book, because forefront in the author’s heart anddesire, must stand a plea for the restoration to the greatest mountainin North America of its immemoria
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