1967 Denali - Mount Mckinley Mountaineering Disaster

Welcome to When It Goes Wrong, the podcast about disasters, accidents and when things fall apart. On this episode,  we will be discussing the 1967 mountaineering disaster on Denali - at the time called Mount Mckinley - where 7 climbers perished on the top slopes due to one of the worst blizzards in 100 years. It was one of the deadliest mountaineering disasters in history. This is part 1 of 2. 
 
 
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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/books-media/life-and-death-americas-highest-peak/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eLT6Rkpdg - Scary Interesting

https://explorersweb.com/mckinley-1967-triumph-and-tragedy-part-ii/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Mount_McKinley_disaster

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