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Mt. Denali

Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base-to-peak on land, measuring 18,000 ft (5,500 m), and Earth's highest mountain north of 43°N. Denali is the third most prominent and third-most isolated peak on Earth, after Mount Everest and Aconcagua. (Wikipedia)

Native Alaskans called the mountain Denali (in translation “the tall one”). In 1896 a gold prospector named it McKinley after presidential candidate William McKInely. Fun fact, the 25th president William McKinely never saw the mountain in person. SInce 1975 Alaska has been trying to change the name back to Denali, but was blocked by Ohio (home of W. McKinely). Only in 2015 the name was officially changed to Denali on the Federal level.

Fun Facts:

First Ascent - June 7, 1913 by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper, and Robert Tatum via Muldrow Glacier route. Denali is Visible 200 Miles Away.

Fastest Ascent - 7:54:30 to the top and 10:14:57 roundtrip by Jack Kuenzle in June 2023 via West Buttress. (My team met the guy on the summit, he looked a little bit in a rush - Masha).

Mt. Denali is surrounded by Denali National Park that includes more than 6 million acres of wilderness.

Coldest temperature recorded on the mountain was −75.5 °F (−59.7 °C) on December 1, 2003. Combined with a wind speed of 18.4 miles per hour (29.6 km/h) it produced a North American record windchill of −118.1 °F (−83.4 °C).

The average success rate for climbing Denali is around 50%.