Word: denali
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reading "Denali Strikes Back" [Aug. 11], I was amazed that Bradford Washburn blamed "serious tactical blunders" for the mountaineering disaster. This statement seems to indicate that the expedition made some mistakes that most mountaineers would routinely avoid and that these errors were largely responsible for the tragedy. In talking with Mr. Washburn, I find that he had only sketchy information and did not at first understand why the expedition split into two groups. He certainly did not mean to imply that the tactics were responsible for the tragedy...
...only four climbers had died on its slopes, while more than 100 people have attained the summit. Thanks in part to the National Park Service, which firmly winnows some 300 applications a year, at least half a dozen expeditions annually make a safe and often successful try to ascend Denali-the Great One-as Yukon Indians call the mountain...