In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five
In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five
The Aftermath of Montana's Worst Mountaineering Tragedy on Glacier Park's Highest Mountain
by Terry Kennedy
384 pages, 6 X 9, softcover
ISBN: 978-159152-292-8
$23.95
Two days after Christmas in 1969, five young, forward-thinking mountaineers set out to climb Mount Cleveland, the highest peak in Glacier National Park. They were never seen alive again. The Mount Cleveland tragedy will remain one of the most enigmatic mountaineering accidents in the United States. In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five is a true story about the coming-of-age of the author that races through twenty-two years of climbing endeavors with colorful Montana climbers and their close calls, antics, and tears. The grief and inspiration of the Mount Cleveland avalanche never leaves the rearview mirror.
This updated edition of In Search of the Mount Cleveland Five traces the author’s path from admiring youth to proficient mountaineer ready to follow in his idols’ footsteps and to complete their quest to climb the North Face of Mount Cleveland. This book offers a compelling look at Montana’s early rock-climbing culture and is a moving account of the author’s quest for redemption.
About the Author
Terry G. Kennedy was born in 1954 in Fort Benton, Montana. He lives in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife, Diane.
He was a seasonal National Park Ranger and a professional mountain guide in the 1980s. He has climbed in the Alaska Range, the Yukon, the Canadian Rockies, the contiguous United States, and Ama Dablam near Mount Everest in Nepal.