“Native Alaskans were calling it Denali for thousands of years before anybody else came here. In the climbing community, it’s almost universal—I almost never hear anybody call it McKinley.

“The name Denali reflects a local cultural heritage here that predates the United States,” Westman says. “The name McKinley was an arbitrary name given for someone who had never even set foot here. He ...

Bethany Coates '98, and others on the trip discussed the idea of doing a major climbing expedition to raise money for a women's health issue. Another group of Princeton students and OA Leaders had ...

Denali, or Mount Mckinley, represents a significant mountaineering challenge, which requires extensive climbing experience, preparation, technical skills, and a high-level of conditioning.

We celebrate 11 of the most beautiful mountains in the world: from the Alaskan wilds and remote Greenland to the giants of ...

His next goal is to climb Denali, the highest peak in North America, as part of his Seven Summits challenge. He also shared his vision of completing the challenge in his home country by summiting ...

“Though all the expeditions have been equally challenging in their unique ways, but physically I felt the climb to Mount Denali exhausting because there were no porters and we had to carry not ...

Denali is also pivotal to the climbing community. On average, about 1,000 eager climbers attempt to summit the mountain each year, traversing unforgiving Alaskan terrain and several sheer drops.

The Kautz, for more experienced mountaineers, provides an excellent addition to one’s climbing resume – especially those looking to step up to mountains like Denali and Aconcagua. For the ...