90th Anniversary reprint edition of Cook's account of the first ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1906. The first to circumnavagate McKinley in 1903, Cook's claim would later be rejected by many, but in 1994 an expedition followed his route and determined that he had been where he described in his 1907 first edition. Contributions and maps by the 1994 Ruth Glacier Expedition and new photos along with the first publication of Cook's diary and index.
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"expaned to include accounts by two of Cook's climbing companions and a description of the 1994 expedition, corroborating Cook's account." -- Seattle Times
About the Author
Frederick A. Cook (1865-1940)was a physician, anthropologist, author and explorer. The first American to explore both Polar regions, he was part of Robert E. Peary's North Greenland Expedition in 1891-92, was credited with saving the Belgian Antarctic Expedition in 1897-99, led a relief expedition for Peary and two others in Greenland and mounted his North Polar Expedition in 1907-09. He is credited by many as the fierst to reach and describe the conditions at the North Pole in 1908. He was founder of the Arctic Club and the American Alpine Club and third president of the Explorers Club.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Classic fake is quaintly amusing,
By Verne Robinson (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: To the Top of the Continent (Paperback)
Originals of this rare book are expensive - $300 for a nice copy, so it is a public service to offer an affordable paperback. I first read the article Cook wrote in one of the magazines of the time; Century magazine I believe it was. Cook's fakery is well proven with Washburn's book The Dishonorable Dr. Cook, of course, but any book actually written by Dr. Cook is hilarious to read. That is why I bought this one after reading the article published in 1907. Cook's writing is described as "flowery" or "dramatic", but knowing he's a faker makes it so much fun to read. His North Pole book, by comparison, is mean spirited because by then he'd been exposed - in this work he is trying to come off as a serious explorer. Anyone who knows real mountaineering will have a good laugh at Cook with his leather boots (on ice walls???), silk tent that fits in his pocket, tent pole that doubles as an ice axe, sleeping bag that you wear as a parka, and very scant climbing details. But then he suddenly reaches the top of a world-class mountain. How'd he do it? He just climbed and gritted his teeth, and climbed some more! When he got hungry he had bread he'd baked himself ahead of time with home made pemmican. Amazingly naive, but he fooled a lot of folks. On a more bizarre note is the extra material from his trust-funded descendants who photographed Fred's earlier routes about McKinley on their camping trip in 1994. They must be something akin to the Flat Earth Society. Goes to show that if you never give up, even with a fake, you can get pretty far; although not to the top of Denali. A great gift for anyone you know who is a rock climber.
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