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Beside a rushing creek, we stop to taste some Mountain Sorrel (Oxyria digyna). Despite its common name, it’s actually in the Buckwheat family. It gets its name from its sour-tasting leaves, like my favorite plant, Wood Sorrel. And just like Wood Sorrel the leaves contain oxalic acid, a...
But the most incredible thing about fourteen was, like the rest of the mountain, the sheer thrill of just being there. Here we were, perched on the side of the largest mountain on the continent, in an environment totally hostile to man, yet we were able to meet all our requirements for...
" the Athabascan name meaning "the high one." Certainly a mountain like that could take care of itself, being the highest in North America. But what of the magnificent wild animals that embroidered it, the grizzlies, caribou, wolves, moose, Dall sheep, and others that moved over the land...
Prior to 2015 other attempts had been made to measure the mountain’s height. One such survey, conducted in 2010, had used advanced radar technology. The result of that measurement, 20,237 feet (6,168 metres), was made public in September 2013, but it was later determined to be ...