Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to set foot upon the top of Alaska's great mountain, and he had well earned the lifelong distinction. Votes: 12
An hour or two spent in writing from dictation, another hour or two in reading aloud, a little geography and a little history and a little physics made the day pass busily. Votes: 10
Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers. Votes: 6
A pupil is a great resource. Votes: 3
We took a straight course up the great snow ridge. Votes: 3
The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose. Votes: 2
There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below. Votes: 1
Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken. Votes: 0
One cannot conceive of grander burial than that which mighty mountains bend, crack and shatter to make. Or a nobler tomb than the great upper basin of Denali. Votes: 0