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

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

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 ...

In 1970, six climbers set out to summit Denali in the first all-women’s attempt at any of the world’s big mountains. Their ...

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 ...

They were the first all-woman team to summit the continent’s tallest peak, planting their flag atop the 20,310-foot Denali. They called themselves the Denali Damsels. The story of the team ...

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 ...

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