In 1970, the first all-female team summited Denali. The new book "Thirty Below" by Cassidy Randall tells this forgotten story ...

In 1970, they became the first group of women to reach the top of the Alaskan mountain — but the odds were against them.

The women who stood on top of Denali in July of 1970 and weathered the storms to return alive were not mythological heroes. Nor should they have to be. They were real people, with their own ...

I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women ...

Grace Hoeman was one of the best mountaineers of the 1960s, but male-dominated climbing groups refused to let her join. When ...

Had they taken on all the responsibility? No, Arlene could not go. Women could not climb Denali, he said. It was impossible. It seemed she wasn’t going to Alaska at all this summer. Denali might ...

McKinley witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. This is Part 1, the story of McKinley's first winter ascent ...

From Denali to Mount Rainier to Mount Washington, the U.S. is full of majestic, towering peaks that have long challenged people to climb them. This story is not about those. This story is about ...

Read More: Imposter Syndrome Isn’t a Personal Flaw. It’s a Systemic Issue But that fact, much like the historic Denali climb, has gone largely unsung. Stories of failure often resonate more ...

Boggy tundra, thick boreal forest, and great braided rivers stymied early mountaineers seeking to climb Denali — and that was before they even reached the sawtooth rank of formidable peaks ...