Denali's Howl

Powerful and profound, Denali’s Howl is an extraordinary account of an extraordinary tragedy. With devastating insight and a forensic eye for detail, Andy Hall puts you right there on the mountain, alongside the brave men who risked everything to reach the summit. * Bear Grylls *
A white-knuckle story told for the first time in shocking detail. * Daily Mail *
Hall’s book is often gripping … its research is meticulous: it feels like a final verdict. – David Rose * Mail on Sunday *
A vivid revisitation of a historic mountain climbing expedition. * Kirkus *
Skillfull, heartrending. * Publishers Weekly *
In this balanced account of the greatest mountaineering disaster in Alaskan history, Andy Hall allows the full tragedy of that episode to emerge. In resisting the facile urge to lay blame, his narrative captures with gripping immediacy the intersection of seemingly small human decisions with one of the most powerful storms ever to descend on Denali. * David Roberts, author of The Mountain of My Fear and Alone on the Ice *
A haunting, meticulously-researched account of twelve men’s encounter with the awesome fury of nature. * Amanda Padoan, author of Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2’s Deadliest Day *
The ill-fated Wilcox expedition to Denali finds an able chronicler in Andy Hall’s gripping account of mountain majesty, mountain gloom, and human doom. * Maurice Isserman, co-author of Fallen Giants: Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes *
One of those couldn’t-put-it-down books! This harrowing story of a more than 40-year-old mountaineering tragedy is raw and immediate as it marches relentlessly towards the final, devastating end. * Bernadette McDonald, author of Freedom Climbers *
[An] exciting account of a 1967 climbing debacle. It was not Krakauer’s Into Thin Air (1997) but Maurice Herzog’s Annapurna (1952) that launched the genre of mountaineering expeditions that end in disaster, and Hall delivers his own skillful, heartrending contribution. * Publishers Weekly *

Andy Hall grew up in the shadow of Denali. He is the former editor and publisher of Alaska magazine. He lives in Anchorage.

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