Bradford Washburn
Table of Contents
Preface viii
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
1 Tools of the Trade 11
- The Roots of Discovery 11
- A Passion for Heights 14
- The Mountains Take Hold 20
2 Glaciers, Grosvenor, and Grand Explorations 28
- The Pathfinders 28
- Mount Fairweather 34
- Mount Crillon: If at First You Don't Succeed ... 39
- Washburn and Grosvenor 63
- The 1935 NGS Yukon Expedition 69
- John Kennedy's Mountain 75
- Through Uncharted Ice 80
- A Path Now Chosen 89
3 The War Years 95
- Lessons Learned and Forgotten 95
- The "Cold War" on the Home Front 100
- "The Mess at Wright" 110
- The Smoking Gun 113
- House of Cards 119
- "Unconventional Methods" 121
- The Dividends Emerge 124
- Death and Disappearance on Mount Deception 126
- New Horizons 144
4 Mount McKinley: Maps, Hollywood, and Cold War Science 148
- Discovering the Landscape 148
- The Mountaineers Arrive 153
- From Harvard to Hollywood 154
- Operation White Tower 163
- Mapping the Mountain Landscape 173
- Mr. McKinley 192
5 From Sledge to Shuttle 195
Notes 209
Literature Cited 241
Index 255
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