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The accidental adventurer : memoirs of the first woman to climb Mount McKinley / Barbara Washburn, with Lew Freedman.

By: Washburn, Barbara, 1914-Contributor(s): Freedman, LewisMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Kenmore, WA : Epicenter Press, c2001Description: 192 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0945397917; 9780945397915; 0945397976; 9780945397977Subject(s): Washburn, Barbara, 1914- | Women adventurers -- United States -- Biography | Women mountaineers -- United States -- Biography | Adventure and adventurers -- United States -- Biography | Mountaineering -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount | McKinley, Mount (Alaska)DDC classification: 796.52/2/092 | B LOC classification: GV199.92.W33 | A3 2001GV199.92.W33 | A3 2001Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Education of a young girl -- Year in France -- Love and marriage -- North to Alaska - First ascent -- Soul-searching -- March up Mount Hayes -- Joy at the summit -- Wartime separation -- Challenge of McKinley -- To high camp -- Blizzard -- On the roof of North America -- Mixed emotions -- Night on top -- Motel camping -- Grand Canyon -- Map of Everest -- Tourists with a purpose -- 'Something terrible' -- Audience with the king -- Shimmering light on Everest -- View into Heaven.
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Includes index.

Education of a young girl -- Year in France -- Love and marriage -- North to Alaska - First ascent -- Soul-searching -- March up Mount Hayes -- Joy at the summit -- Wartime separation -- Challenge of McKinley -- To high camp -- Blizzard -- On the roof of North America -- Mixed emotions -- Night on top -- Motel camping -- Grand Canyon -- Map of Everest -- Tourists with a purpose -- 'Something terrible' -- Audience with the king -- Shimmering light on Everest -- View into Heaven.

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