The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley): A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest; Peak in North AmericaStuck, Hudson
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The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley): A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest; Peak in North America
Stuck, Hudson
McKinley, Mount (Alaska); Mountaineering -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount; Stuck, Hudson, 1863-1920 -- Travel -- Alaska -- McKinley, Mount
Mount McKinley, corrected barometer 13.644 in. 21,324 ft.
Fort Gibbon, corrected barometer 29.462 " 400 "
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20,924 ft.
Mean temperature, 41.7 deg.--approximate
difference in elevation 20,924 ft. -356 ft.
Latitude, 64 deg.--approximate difference
in elevation 20,568 " +15 "
Mean temperature, 41.7 deg.--approximate
difference in elevation 20,568 " +71 "
Elevation lowest, 400--approximate
difference in elevation 20,568 " +20 "
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Elevation above Fort Gibbon 20,674 ft.
Elevation of Fort Gibbon 334 "
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_Elevation above sea_ 21,008 ft.
USING THE THERMOMETRIC READING OF 7 deg. AT MOUNT
MCKINLEY AND THE U. S. WEATHER BUREAU READING
AT VALDEZ FOR SAME DATE
Mount McKinley, barometric reading 13.617 in.
Barometer reduced to standard temperature +.027 " Temp. 7 deg.
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13.644 in.
Valdez, barometric reading 29.76 in.
Barometer reduced to standard temperature .068 "
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29.692 in. Temp. 54 deg.
Mount McKinley, corrected barometric reading 13.644 in. 21,324 ft.
Valdez, corrected barometric reading 29.692 " 190 "
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21,134 ft.
Mean temperature, 30.5 deg.--approximate
difference in elevation 21,134 ft. -840 "
Latitude, 62 deg.--approximate difference
in elevation 20,295 " +18 "
Mean temperature, 30.5 deg.--approximate
difference in elevation 20,295 ft. +42 ft.
Elevation lowest, 190--approximate
difference in elevation 20,295 " +20 "
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Elevation above Valdez 20,374 ft.
Elevation of Valdez 10 "
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_Elevation above sea_ 20,384 ft.
ALTITUDES OF CAMPING STATIONS
FIRST GLACIER CAMP
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