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FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN: The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Mysterious and Controversial DisastersIn 1967, seven young men, members of a 12-man expedition led by 24-year old Joe Wilcox, were stranded at 20,000 feet on Alaska's Mt. McKinley in a vicious Arctic hurricane. Ten days passed while the men slowly succumbed, yet no rescue was mounted. All seven perished in what remains the most tragic accident in American climbing history. Revisiting the event in the tradition of Norman MacLean's YOUNG MEN AND FIRE, Tabor uncovers elements of controversy, finger-pointing, negligence, and cover-up that make this disaster unlike any other. |