2 Quotes About Denali
The highest mountain in North America, Denali is the tallest mountain in the United States. The mountain, which was named after Alaska’s first territorial governor, is located in Alaska’s interior region. At 20,310 feet above sea level, Denali is also the highest mountain unclimbed by humans. The first recorded ascent of the mountain was made by Hudson Stuck and Robert Tatum in 1952
It was later climbed by climbers Charles Houston, Edmund Hillary, and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. The trip by Hillary and Norgay into the summit was an historic achievement because it was the first time anyone had reached its top without using supplemental oxygen.