“Native Alaskans were calling it Denali for thousands of years before anybody else came here. In the climbing community, it’s almost universal—I almost never hear anybody call it McKinley.

“Native Alaskans were calling it Denali for thousands of years before anybody else came here. In the climbing community, it’s almost universal—I almost never hear anybody call it McKinley.

EPHS graduate Alex Shockley is one step closer to climbing each continent’s highest peak Climbing the highest mountain in North America is a long haul, especially when ...

They were the first all-woman team to summit the continent’s tallest peak, planting their flag atop the 20,310-foot Denali. They called themselves the Denali Damsels. The story of the team ...