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1913
First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley
On this day in 1913, Hudson Stuck, an Alaskan missionary, leads
the first successful ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest point on
the American continent at 20,320 feet.
Stuck, an accomplished amateur mountaineer, was born in London in
1863. After moving to the United States, in 1905 he became
archdeacon of the Episcopal Church in Yukon, Alaska, where he was
an admirer of Native Indian culture and traveled Alaska's
difficult terrain to preach to villagers and establish schools.
In March 1913, the adventure-seeking Stuck set out from Fairbanks
for Mt. McKinley with three companions, Harry Karstens, co-leader
of the expedition, Walter Harper, whose mother was a Native
Indian, and Robert Tatum, a theology student. Their arduous
journey was made more challenging by difficult weather and a fire
at one of their camps, which destroyed food and supplies.
However, the group persevered and on June 7, Harper, followed by
the rest of the party, was the first person to set foot on
McKinley's south peak, considered the mountain's true summit. (In
1910, a group of climbers had reached the lower north peak.)
Stuck referred to the mountain by its Athabascan Indian name,
Denali, meaning "The High One." In 1889, the mountain, over half
of which is covered with permanent snowfields, was dubbed
Densmores Peak, after a prospector named Frank Densmore. In 1896,
it was renamed in honor of Senator William McKinley, who became
president that year.
Mount McKinley National Park was established as a wildlife refuge
in 1917. Harry Karstens served as the park's first
superintendent. In 1980, the park was expanded and renamed Denali
National Park and Preserve. Encompassing 6 million acres, the
park is larger than Massachusetts.
73 - K.O., n0kfq
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