The Accidental Adventurer: Memoir of the First Woman to Climb Mount McKinley

Barbara Washburn never set out to become a mountaineering pioneer, but she wasn't content to be a stay-at-home wife, either. In 1947, defying social convention, Washburn became the first woman to climb Alaska's Mt. McKinley. She accompanied her husband--famed explorer, mountaineer, and photographer Bradford Washburn--on other expeditions to Alaska, the Grand Canyon, and Mt. Everest, while raising three children at their home near Boston.

Author: Barbara Washburn
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
Published: 03/01/2001
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.51d
ISBN: 9780945397915

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/15/2001 pg. 94

About the Author
Washburn, Barbara: -

Barbara Washburn was born in 1914. A graduate of Smith College, she married mountaineer-explorer-mapmaker Bradford Washburn in 1940. Six years later, climbing with her husband, she became the first woman to reach the summit of 20,320-foot Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak. The mother of three, she also became one of the nation's earliest remedial reading teachers, and received awards in several fields of endeavor.

Freedman, Lew: -

Lew Freedman is a former Alaska resident who spent 17 years at the Anchorage Daily News as sports editor and columnist. The author of 58 books, Freedman is a graduate of Boston University with a degree in journalism and he earned a Master's degree from Alaska Pacific University. He currently resides in Indiana with his wife Debra.