The Storms of Denali

O’Connell, an experienced climber, is no stranger to mountain literature having previously written ‘Beyond Risk: Conversations with Climbers’, among other works. In this highly acclaimed, disaster-epic, novel he explores risk, death, and survival as four young men set out to climb a new route on 20,320’ Mount McKinley, the highest and coldest summit in North America. They battle avalanches, fierce winds, frostbite, hypothermia, and HAPE to ascend a classic new line up the south face. In confronting these obstacles, the group splinters, leading inexorably to tragedy. Hardcover copies have quickly gone out of print.