James M. TaborForever on the MountainThe Truth Behind One of Mountaineering’s Most Controversial and Mysterious DisastersWinner, 2007 National Outdoor Book Award for History/BiographyWinner, 2007 Banff Mountain Festival Book Awards Grand PrizeA Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers SelectionShortlisted for the 2007 Boardman Tasker Award“A riveting account of a long-ago mountaineering disaster.”—Time Just as good as Into Thin Air.... A spellbinder.”—Owen Sound Sun-Times “Grips even non-climbers with its harrowing scenes of thorny relationships tested by extraordinary circumstances.”—Washington Post “The fairest, most comprehensive account of [this episode] we’re likely to see.... Tabor analyzes this debacle with the doggedness of an investigative reporter and the technical knowledge of an experienced climber.”—Wall Street Journal In 1967, seven young men, members of a twelve-man expedition led by twenty-four-year-old Joe Wilcox, were stranded on Alaska’s Mount McKinley in a vicious arctic storm. All seven perished on what remains the most tragic expedition in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman McLean’s Young Men and Fire, James M. Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, and cover-up that combine to make this disaster unlike any other. James M. Tabor, a former contributing editor to Outside, attempted Mount McKinley and summitted Mount Sanford. He hosted the PBS series The Great Outdoors and cocreated the History Channel series Journey to the Center of the World. He lives in Waitsfield, Vermont. |
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June 2008 / trade paper / ISBN 978-0-393-33196-7 |
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