28: A Broken Neck and Endless Crevasses - Surviving Denali National Park

This week we are heading deep into Denali National Park to summit Mount Foraker, the third tallest summit in the United States. Bring your ice picks and crampons because we are going to be climbing for this one.

When Colby Coombs, Tom Walter, and Ritt Kellog head out on a mountaineering expedition together the weather created a huge obstacle. With inches of snow falling everyday, huge crevasses, and avalanche conditions, this was no easy trek.

When an avalanche hits, trajedy stikes and leaves one climber with a broken neck. Making it back alive is going to be nearly impossible.

Based from the book and true story: In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World by Peter Potterfield

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Sources: Epic Stories from the Mountaineering World by Peter Potterfield. Backpacker. AMS.