Hudson Stuck

The Ascent of Denali (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Hudson Stuck Illustrated edition

Hudson Stuck (1865-1920) was an Episcopal Archdeacon, born in London. With Harry P. Karstens he co-led the first expedition to successfully climb the South Peak of Mount McKinley (Denali). Stuck, Karstens, R. G. Tatum, Walter Harper, Johnny, and Esaias departed from Nenana on March 17, 1913. They reached the summit of McKinley on June 7, 1913. Walter Harper, a native Alaskan, reached the summit first. Stuck's works include: Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled (1914), Voyages on the Yukon and its Tributaries (1917), The Ascent of Denali (1918) and A Winter Circuit of Our Arctic Coast (1920).