The hard snow near Denali’s summit was unlike anything I had seen below. It was not clear like ice, but it felt just as hard. Unknown winds had scoured these slopes for centuries leaving graceful, curving ripples. Calmed, I sensed a permanence in these snow slopes, as if the rest of the land was soft and might suddenly wash away, whereas these sculpted slopes were here forever.
– Gerry Roach - from Transcendent Summits - Denali 1963
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North America’s Denali, 20,320 feet |
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Denali as seen from Mount Hunter’s west ridge to the south Aimed directly at Denali’s main, south summit, the Cassin Ridge rises in the center of Denali’s south face Photo by Gerry Roach |