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'Denali's Howl' investigates a 50-year-old climbing tragedy

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Of the 12 men in the Wilcox Expedition, only five survived.

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LIT Andy Hall was five years old in 1967, a kid living at the base of Denali, North America's tallest peak. His father, a National Park Service veteran, took a job overseeing Mount McKinley National Park (as it was then called) just months before a climbing party known as the Wilcox Expedition encountered a freak storm near the summit. Seven of its 12 members died in one of the mountain's most enduring tragedies.Read more »


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