The Wickersham Wall on Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) is one of the most challenging and dangerous mountain faces in the world. Top to bottom, it is higher than anything on Everest. The extreme risk kept anyone from climbing it until the first direct ascent by seven Harvard climbers in 1963. John Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air, called that climb, “so bold or foolish that… it still hasn’t been repeated.” And it may never be.

I was a member of that Harvard team and I’ve just finished Denali Diary, an illustrated memoir of that epic climb. It’s free, no strings attached. Find it at

https://www.johngraham.org/denali-diary

Please take a look. Then please convey my offer to your friends and lists

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I’m not in this for fame or fortune. At 83, I want as many people as possible to know about this extraordinary exploit. It’s never been written up. It’s a helluva read. And it’s free.

John Graham

jgraham@whidbey.com

425 931 5657