The Seventymile Kid: The Lost Legacy of Harry Karstens and the First Ascent of Mount McKinley

The Seventymile Kid tells the remarkable account of Harry Karstens, who was the actual-if unheralded-leader of the Hudson Stuck Expedition that was the first to summit Mount McKinley in Alaska. All but forgotten by history, a young Karstens arrived in the Yukon during the 1897 Gold Rush, gained fame as a dog musher hauling U.S. Mail in Alaska, and eventually became the first superintendent of Mount McKinley National Park (now known as Denali National Park and Preserve). Aided by Karstens's ...