I n June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America’s highest peak), six women took their first steps in a historic feat. Led by Alaskan Grace Hoeman and ...

In 1970, six climbers set out to summit Denali, North America’s highest peak, in the first all-women’s attempt at any of the world’s big mountains. Their feat unjustly faded from history ...

In 1970, Alaskan mountaineer and doctor Grace Hoeman led the first all-women's attempt to summit Denali - which was, in fact, the first all-female attempt at any of the world's big peaks.

They were the first all-woman team to summit the continent’s tallest peak, planting their flag atop the 20,310-foot Denali. They called themselves the Denali Damsels. The story of the team ...

The local Athabaskan Indians reverently called the perpetually snow-covered mountain Denali ... the allure of being the first to scale the continent's tallest summit had attracted a handful ...

Park officials said the Austrian professional mountain guide was the first registered climber to try and reach the summit of Mount Denali this year. "Rimml likely fell on the steep traverse ...

Cassidy Randall is the author of “Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali.” In 1896, a gold prospector named William Dickey led a journey ...

In June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name ... they were the first all-women’s team to attempt to summit one of the big mountains of the world.

Journalist and author of Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali Journalist ... women’s team to attempt to summit one of the big mountains ...

In June of 1970, amid the snow-covered rock ramparts of Denali (the true name of North America ... Grace Hoeman and Californian Arlene Blum, they were the first all-women’s team to attempt to summit ...