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Seattle resident Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet from the Mount McKinley West Buttress climbing route onto the Peters Glacier, according to the National Park Service. He was 41 years old ...
Alex Chiu died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley. The 41-year-old man wasn’t wearing a rope during the incident. Two mountaineers on the excursion with Chiu witnessed him ...
The danger of avalanches A skier died after being caught in an avalanche on Alaska's Mount McKinley, officials said Wednesday — just days after a climber fell 3,000 feet to his death on North ...
In 1967, Mount McKinley (Denali) witnessed two pivotal moments in mountaineering history. In Part I of this series, we told the story of McKinley’s first winter ascent. Later that same year ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — North America’s tallest mountain will soon return to its previous name, Mount Denali, more than a century after the Alaskan peak was named to honor President ...
Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs.
The body of a climber who was ascending Alaska's Mount McKinley, also known as Denali, has been found two days after he fell approximately 3,000 feet, the National Park Service said. Alex Chiu, 41 ...
President Donald Trump on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback ...
Alex Chiu, 41, was ascending Mount McKinley's West Buttress climbing route with two others on Monday when he fell at a spot known as Squirrel Point, according to park officials.