Quotes by Hudson Stuck

About Hudson Stuck:

Hudson Stuck was a British native who became an Episcopal priest, social reformer, and mountain climber in the United States. With Harry P. Karstens, he co-led the first expedition to successfully climb Denali (Mount McKinley) in June 1913, via the South Summit. He published five books about his years in Alaska. Two memoirs were issued in new editions in 1988, including his account of the ascent of Denali.
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An hour or two spent in writing from dictation, another hour or two in reading aloud, a little geography and a little history and a little physics made the day pass busily.

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A pupil is a great resource.

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We took a straight course up the great snow ridge.

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Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to set foot upon the top of Alaska's great mountain, and he had well earned the lifelong distinction.

Hudson Stuck

There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below.

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The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose.

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Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers.

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Author Bio

  • NameHudson Stuck
  • Descriptionco-led the first expedition to successfully climb the South Peak of Mount McKinley
  • BornNovember 11, 1863
  • DiedOctober 10, 1920
  • CountryUnited Kingdom