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TODAY IN ADVENTURE |
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First Female Ascent Of Denali |
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On June 6th (that’s today!), 1947, Barbara Washburn became the first woman to reach the summit of Mt. McKinley, the highest peak in North America. Barbara Washburn, along with her husband Bradford Washburn, were incredibly influential mountaineering pioneers in Alaska, and contributed greatly to the current geographic and geologic understanding of the Alaska Range. As for her first ascent of the 20,320-foot mountain, Mrs. Washburn said she didn’t even know that she was the first woman to attempt the peak. She said, “She didn’t give a rip about it at the time,” but came to realize how important her first female ascent was to the mountaineering community. |
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