The shameless diary of an explorer

A Story of Failure on Mt. McKinley. In 1903, aspiring journalist Robert Dunn
joined an expedition attempting the first ascent of Mt. McKinley, the highest
mountain in North America. Led by explorer Frederick Cook (who would later win
infamy for faking the discovery of the North Pole), the climbers failed to
conquer McKinley, but they did circumnavigate the great peak – an
accomplishment not repeated until 1978.