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FOREVER ON THE MOUNTAIN
The Truth Behind One of Mountaineering's Most Controversial and Disturbing Disasters
By
James M. Tabor

Forever on the Mountain

In July, 1967, seven young men - members of Joe Wilcox's twelve man expedition - died on Mt. McKinley, North America's highest peak.

Ten days passed with no rescue attempt, while more than half an expedition was stranded and dying at 20,000 feet during a vicious Artic storm. The bodies were never recovered. And, for reasons that have remained cloudy, there was no proper official investigation of the catastrophe.

The book begins as a classic tale of men against nature, gambling - and losing - on one of the world's starkest and stormiest peaks. Reckoning by lives lost, it was history's third-worst mountaineering disaster when it occurred - but elements of finger pointing, incompetence, and cover-up make this disaster unlike any other. James M. Tabor draws on previously untapped resources: personal interviews with survivors and those involved in the aftermath, unpublished diaries and letters, and government documents. He consults not only mountaineers but also experts in disciplines including meteorology, forensics and psychology. What results is the first full account of the tragedy that ended a golden age in mountaineering.

Biography of James M. Tabor, Author

James M. Tabor is a former Contributing Editor to Outside magazine and SKI magazine. His work has appeared in Time, U.S. News, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Reader's Digest, American Heritage, Barron's, The Washington Post and other national publications.

Tabor was the writer and on-camera host of the popular national PBS series, The Great Outdoors. He is co-creator, writer and executive producer for the upcoming television series, Journey to the Center of the World, about caves worldwide.

In Alaska, Tabor attempted Mt. McKinley and summitted Mt. Sanford. A certified Master Diver, he has dived in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Caribbean Sea and throughout the U.S. and Canada.

He graduated with honors from the University of Vermont and earned an MFA from the John Hopkins University. He lives in Vermont with his wife, Liz.

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