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Recommended Reading The following is a bibliography to enhance your Alaska experience. Any reading from this list you can squeeze in prior to your course or expedition will be of benefit. Most of these titles we have and you are welcome to borrow from AMS' library. A good mail order catalogue is available from the Alaska Natural History Association, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the understanding and conservation of Alaska's natural, cultural and historical resources:     ANHA     PO Box 230     Denali National Par, AK 99755     phone: (907) 683-1258 Alaska Almanac, Alaska Northwest Books, 1998. American Alpine Club, "Accidents in North American Mountaineering," 1977 to the present, AAC Press Beckey, F., Mount McKinley, Icy Crown of North America, The Mountaineers, 1993. Brown, W., A History of the Denali - Mt. McKinley Region, National Park Service, 1991 Chouinard, Y., Climbing Ice, Sierra Club Books, 1978. Climbing Alaska, Vol. 25, No. 3, Alaska Geographic, 1998. Collier, M., The Geology of Denali National Park. Alaska Natural History Association Coombs, Colby, & Wood, Mike Alaska: A Climbing Guide. The Mountaineers, 2002. Coombs, Colby, Denali's West Buttress: A Climber's Guide To McKinley's Classic Route. The Mountaineers, 1997. DuFresne, J., Alaska-A Travel Survival Kit. Lonely Planet, 1994. Fredston, J., Fesler, D., Snow Sense: A Guide to Evaluating Snow Avalanche Hazard. Alaska Mountain Safety Center, 1994. Graham, J., Outdoor Leadership, The Mountaineers, 1997. Graydon, Don, Freedom of the Hills, The Mountaineers, 1996. Hackett, P., Mountain Sickness. American Alpine Club Press, 1980. Hambrey, M., Alean, J., Glaciers, Cambridge University Press, 1992. Houston, C. MD, Going Higher. Little, Brown & Company Limited, 1987. McClung, D., Schaerer, P., The Avalanche Handbook, The Mountaineers, 1993. Medicine for Mountaineering, The Mountaineers, 1992. Powers, P., NOLS Wilderness Mountaineering. Stackpole Books, 1993. Richard, S., Orr, D., Lindholm, C., NOLS Cookery. Stackpole Books, 1991. Selters, A., Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue. The Mountaineers, 1990. Tilton, B., and Hubbell, F., Medicine For The Backcountry., ICS Books, Inc., 1995. Tilton, Buck, The Basic Essentials of Avalanche Safety, ICS Books, Inc., 1992. Mark Twight and James Martin, Extreme Alpinism, Climbing Light, Fast, & High. The Mountaineers, 1999. Washburn, B., Mount McKinley: The West Buttress. American Alpine Club Journal, 1952. Waterman, J., High Alaska: A Historical Guide to Denali, Mt. Foraker, and Mt. Hunter. AAC Press, 1988. Waterman, J., Surviving Denali: A Study of Accidents on Mount McKinley: 1903-1990. AAC Press, 1991. Wilkerson, J., Cameron, B., Hayward, J., Hypothermia, Frostbite, and Other Cold Injuries, The Mountaineers, 1986. Wilderness Medical Society Practice Guidelines for Wilderness Emergency Care, Globe Pequot Press, 1995.

Top of Page Travel & Lodging General Info Email Us Alaska Mountaineering School Colby Coombs & Caitlin Palmer, Directors PO BOX 566, 3rd Street, Talkeetna, AK 99676 USA phone: (907)733-1016 fax: (907)733-1362 email: info@climbalaska.org AMS top image: Alaska Range viewed from Talkeetna Mount Foraker (17,400'), Mount Hunter (14,570'), Denali (20,320')