Minus 148 Degrees, Anniversary Edition: First Winter Ascent of Mount McKinley, Anniversary Edition (Legends and Lore)

2024 National Outdoor Book Award WinnerThis Finely Crafted Adventure Tale Runs On Adrenaline But Also Something Else: Brutal Honesty. --The Wall Street JournalI CouldnT Lay It Down Until It Was All Finished (12:40 A.M.!)... A Fascinating And Beautifully-Written Story. --Bradford Washburn* One Of National Geographic AdventureS The 100 Greatest Adventure Books Of All Time* New Edition Includes A Revised Preface, New Prologue, And New Afterword Describing More Recent Winter Attempts On Mckinleyin 1967, Eight Men Attempted North AmericaS Highest Summit: Mount Mckinley (Now Known As Denali) Had Been Climbed Before--But Never In Winter.Plagued By Doubts And Cold, Group Tension And A Crevasse Tragedy, The Expedition Tackled Mckinley In Minimal Hours Of Daylight And Fierce Storms. They Were Trapped At Three Different Camps Above 14,000 Feet During A Six-Day Blizzard And Faced The Ultimate Low Temperature Of -148 F.Minus 148 Is Art DavidsonS Stunning Personal Narrative, Supplemented By Diary Excerpts From Team Members George Wichman, John Edwards, Dave Johnston, And Greg Blomberg. Davidson Retells The TeamS Fears And Frictions--And Ultimate Triumph--With An Honesty That Has Made This Gripping Survival Story A Mountaineering Classic For Over 40 Years. Minus 148 Is Featured Among Many Best Of Reading Lists, Including National Geographic AdventureS The 100 Greatest Adventure Books Of All Time.At Twenty-Two I Came To Regard The First Expedition To Mt. Mckinley In The Winter As A Journey Into An Unexplored Land. No One Had Lived On North AmericaS Highest Ridges In The Winter Twilight. No One Knew How Low The Temperatures Would Drop, Or How Penetrating The Cold Would Be When The Wind Blew. For Thousands Of Years MckinleyS Storms Had Raged By Themselves. --Minus 148