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Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters Hardcover - 2007

by James M. Tabor

In July 1967, seven young men died on Mt. McKinley, North Americas highest peak. Tabor draws on previously untapped sources and discusses the controversy surrounding the investigation. The result is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.


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Ten days passed with no rescue attempt, while more than half an expedition was stranded and dying at 20,000 feet during a vicious Arctic storm. The bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation of the catastrophe.

This book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling--and losing--on one of the world's starkest and stormiest peaks. Reckoning by lives lost, it was history's third-worst mountaineering disaster when it occurred--but elements of finger pointing, incompetence, and cover-up make this disaster unlike any other. James M. Tabor draws on previously untapped sources: personal interviews with survivors and those involved in the aftermath, unpublished diaries and letters, and government documents. He consults not only mountaineers but also experts in disciplines including meteorology, forensics, and psychology. What results is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.

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  • Title Forever on the Mountain: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Mysterious Disasters
  • Author James M. Tabor
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780393061741 / 0393061744
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 6.6 x 1.34 in (24.03 x 16.76 x 3.40 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Mountaineering accidents - Alaska -, Mountaineering - Alaska - McKinley, Mount
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007013711
  • Dewey Decimal Code 796.522

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 06/01/2007, Page 546
  • Library Journal Prepub Alert, 03/01/2007, Page 54
  • Publishers Weekly, 05/07/2007, Page 52
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2007, Page 86
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