He and his passengers—a team of German climbers anxious to start their attempt on Mount McKinley’s summit—are headed toward the base camp at 7,200 feet on the Kahiltna Glacier, a two-mile ...

In 1967, 10 expeditions attempted Mount McKinley, making it the most successful year on record. Almost all of the expeditions' members topped out. In summer, two teams aimed to summit via the ...

He then signed an executive order re-renaming the highest peak in North America "Mount McKinley." The 25th president, Trump wrote in the order, "heroically led our Nation to victory in the ...

at the latitude of Mt. McKinley (63 deg North) in the United States and it is likely that no climber would ever have been able to reach the summit breathing the natural air. Everest would feel ...

Steve Jolly, a 1978 graduate of Columbine High School, climbed Mount McKinley and placed a flag on its summit June 11. The flag was given to Jolly by Columbine sophomores Shannon and Shelby Myers. The ...

a prospector dubbed it Mount McKinley, after the presidential candidate he happened to be supporting. By 1903, the allure of being the first to scale the continent's tallest summit had attracted a ...

In 1978, American mountaineer Johnny Waterman completed the first solo ascent and traverse of Mount Hunter’s twin summits in ...