On a recent visit to Mary Carey's McKinley View Lodge on a clear sunny, Lois Wise Knapp and I truly got a spectacular view of Mt. McKinley--the best one ...

Stuart were excellent climbers; Schmidt had had moderate climbing experience; and Johnson and I, although basically neophytes at climbing, had ...

From the moment we first peered over the rim of the last hill into the valley, its floor glistening with remnant patches of winter's snow, we considered ...

North America's highest peak, Mt. McKinley, has been conquered again this year -- again, and again and again...

Talkeetna bush pilot Don Sheldon and three Japanese mountain climbers were reported spending a reasonably comfortable night at the 6,000-foot level ...

My interest in wolves, wilderness and northern ecology began during three years I spent in Isle Royale National Park, an island wilderness in Lake ...

Alaska glacier pilot Don Sheldon is the subject of a feature article in the November issue of "Friends," a magazine published by the Chevrolet division ...

Mention bush pilots and people automatically think of Alaska. True, there are bush pilots in other parts of the world, but the connection is valid ...

Virtually all hope of finding three Japanese women climbers lost on the shrieking heights of Mt. McKinley faded Thursday as Army rescue efforts were ...

Three young Japanese climbers have apparently died soon after reaching the 20,320 foot summit of Mt. McKinley...

Born of gold rush days, Talkeetna clings to her heritage despite pavement and COMSAT's "Big Dish" that scans the sky. Many times the eyes of the world ...

With a raucous whine, the single-engine ski-equipped plane pierces the moonless night. Nearly 40 minutes and 90 miles of wilderness away from Anchorage...

The antlerless moose hunt approved by the state Fish and Game Department seems to have stirred up ...

Before we set out from the 17,000-foot level on the eighth day of our climb, Ray Genet contacted Radio Anchorage for a weather forecast. We got word ...

To the twelve eager mountaineers who struck out last month to climb Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak, the adventure did not seem too formidable

The bodies of two more of the seven missing mountain climbers on 20,300-foot Mt. McKinley were located late yesterday at about the 18,000-foot level..

Climbers from the party led by Gregg Blomberg, 25, of Denver, attempting the first winter ascent of Mt. McKinley, stamped an apparent medical distress ...

From far up on the slopes of Mt. McKinley--Mighty Mac, the highest peak on the continent--came a radio plea for help. At 16,400 feet in a tiny tent, a ...

The Air Force is hoping for a break in the weather today, to pay tribute to a civilian bush pilot who has in the past years risked bodily injury to aid ...

There's a sort of a "man who came to dinner" flavor in the way that Don Sheldon, Final Assembly, happened to work at Piper Aircraft. True, Don didn't come..