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Mount Marcus Baker (Ahtna: Ts'itonhna Dghilaaye’; Dena'ina: Ch'atanhtnu Dghelaya) is the highest peak of the Chugach Mountains of Alaska. It is located approximately 75 miles (121 km) east of Anchorage. This peak is very prominent because of its proximity to tidewater and is only 12 miles (19 km) north of the calving face of Harvard Glacier.
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Claude Ewing Rusk (November 20, 1871 – February 3, 1931), also known as C. E. Rusk, was an American mountaineer, lawyer, and author from Washington who pioneered routes up Mount Adams, Mount Baker, and Glacier Peak.
Cause of death Location Mountain Ref(s) Frederick Strickland: October 19, 1849: 29 United Kingdom: Hypothermia Clay Brook Washington [5] [6]: 6–13 Lizzie Bourne: September 13, 1855: 23 Maine: Hypothermia Summit Washington [5] [6]: 18–25 Benjamin Chandler: August 7, 1856: 75 Delaware: Hypothermia Summit Washington [5] [6]: 293 J. M. Thompson
0–9. 1934 Nanga Parbat climbing disaster; 1936 Eiger climbing disaster; 1967 Mount McKinley disaster; 1970 Mount Everest disaster; 1971 Cairngorm Plateau disaster
A 21-year-old rock climber died after “sustaining major injuries” while climbing Devil’s Tower National Monument in Wyoming, authorities said. The fall occurred on Sunday shortly before 8 p ...
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Boulder Glacier is one of the more popular climbing routes on Mount Baker. First climbed on August 24, 1891, it is most often ascended in combination with the cleaver between Boulder and Park Glacier to the north to bypass densely crevassed sections of the glacier. At about 10,000 ft (3,000 m) elevation, the route passes to the southwest of ...