The acclaimed mountaineer, cartographer, photographer, and educator chronicles his life-long adventures in mountain climbing, describing his journeys to some of the great peaks of the world.

On High: The Adventures of Legendary Mountaineer, Photographer, and Scientist Brad Washburn

Arts & Photography

Washburn, Bradford

Donald Smith

Individual Artists

National Geographic

Shows different views of the mountain, and describes the many attempts at reaching the mountain's peak

Mount McKinley: The Conquest of Denali

ROBERTS, DAVID

Photography & Video

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Here at last is the thrilling memoir of the legendary mountaineer Bradford Washburn, one of the last explorers and adventurers of the twentieth century. Drawing from decades of memories, journals, and an exquisite photographic collection, Washburn completes the self-portrait of a man drawn to altitude, from his first great climb of Mount Washington at age eleven, through numerous first ascents of peaks all over the world, to handily scaling a climbing wall at eighty-eight.       Indeed, Washburn also became renowned for his pioneering work in aerial photography, his dedication to science and cartography, his decades of leading Boston’s Museum of Science, and his close association with the National Geographic Society.       This mountaineering icon candidly offers an intimate look at a life devoted to the world’s highest places, to the friends who challenged the mountains with him, and to wife Barbara, who shared his adventures for nearly sixty-five years.

Bradford Washburn, An Extraordinary Life: The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

WestWinds Press

Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography

Traveling the world for eight decades, mountaineer, explorer, cartographer, and aerial photographer Bradford Washburn has documented the landscape from the Grand Canyon to the Alps, from Mount McKinley to Mount Everest. Genius has inspired him to pioneer photographic techniques that capture the most remote and inaccessible points on earth under conditions worthy of a stunt man. Genius has also transformed his photos-conceived for a purely functional purpose-into works of expressive art. Now the career of America's most celebrated mountain photographer is presented for the first time in book form. 
In Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography, one hundred large-format mountain photographs, selected from more than 10,000 images, take the reader through Washburn's lifetime of accomplishments. Aerial images of high mountains, looking more like bold relief maps, are captured in extreme raking light. There are picture essays of early Alaskan expeditions-striking modern still lifes of supply caches and camp conditions-plus portraits of team members and colorful characters and situations encountered along the way. Additional aerial photographs reveal, in breathtaking clarity, the workings of the earth, continuously transformed by upheavals and erosions, and the slow march and retreat of glaciers.

Decaneas, Antony

Ackley, Clifford S.

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

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, Bradford Washburn, on other expeditions to Alaska, the Grand Canyon, and Mt. Everest, while raising three children at their home near Boston. Excerpt: "Reaching the summit had been an emotional experience, and as we were about to begin our descent a funny thing happened. One of the boys announced he had to relieve himself. That gave me courage to confess that I did too. We were all young and modest, and there were no trees to hide behind. Brad responded, 'No problem, we have plenty of rope.' He tied the rope around my waist and lowered me down one side of the summit. As I relieved myself, looking over the magnificent scenery, I began to laugh uncontrollably. What would my friends at home think of me now?"

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

Washburn, Barbara

Community & Culture

Epicenter Press, Incorporated

Exploring the Unknown: Historic Diaries of Bradford Washburn's Alaska/Yukon Expeditions

In the 1930s, Bradford Washburn began a quarter-century series of exploratory expeditions to Alaska and the Yukon.

Travel

Washburn, Dr. Bradford

United States

Epicenter Press

Alaska and the Yukon. Cold. Mysterious. Distant. Imagine how empty and forbidding the region seemed in the 1930s when Bradford Washburn began a series of exploratory expeditions. With its glorious black-and-white, large-format photographs, Exploring the Unknown contains previously unpublished diaries kept during Washburn's 1934 first-ascent climb of Alaska's Mt. Crillon; the 1935 National Geographic Society-sponsored exploration of wilderness sections of Canada's Yukon; and the 1951 climb of Mt. McKinley's West Buttress.

Freedman, Lew

Arts & Literature

Epicenter Pr

Barbara Washburn never set out to become a mountaineering pioneer, but in 1947, defying social conventions, she became the first woman to climb Alaska's Mount McKinley.

Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America, was first climbed in 1913 by its northern Muldrow Glacier route. Yet, for almost 40 years, no one had climbed the mountain via its southern slopes. By 1951, however, one man knew more about McKinleys geography than anyone else. His knowledge of potential new routes, used in conjunction with the newly developed, ski-equipped airplane, would completely change how future climbers would approach this great peak. Brad Washburns personal account of the first ascent of McKinleys West Buttress allows the reader to share in this historic expedition. Written over 50 years ago, his logbook still holds the excitement and wonder of each unfolding day. Washburns pioneering work on the West Buttress opened up what is now, for over 1000 climbers each year, the most popular route on Mount McKinley. This is one of 300 limited edition, signed and numbered, hardcovers.

Mount McKinley's West Buttress: The First Ascent: Brad Washburn's Logbook, 1951

Top of World Press

One of the last surviving explorers and adventurers of the 20th Century, Dr. Bradford Washburn, now in his 90s, provides the most detailed look at his multifaceted, exciting career. Washburn is renowned for his pioneering work in aerial photography in Alaska's mountains, his thirteen first ascents of Alaskan peaks, his devotion to science, and his decades-long relationship with the National Geographic Society. Washburn is also famed for his meticulous cartography, having mapped Mount McKinley, Mount Everest, and the Grand Canyon. He led the first ascent of the popular West Buttress route on the 20,320-foot Mount McKinley. And for four decades, he's been a major player in leading and developing Boston's Museum of Science. This autobiography also offers rare photographs and little-known anecdotes about Washburn's World War II service, other explorations, and his special partnership with his wife Barbara.

Bradford Washburn: An Extraordinary Life

Freedman, Lewis

Westwinds Pr

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On High: The Adventures of Legendary Mountaineer, Photographer, and Scientist Brad Washburn

Mount McKinley: The Conquest of Denali

Bradford Washburn, An Extraordinary Life: The Autobiography of a Mountaineering Icon

Bradford Washburn: Mountain Photography

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

Exploring the Unknown: Historic Diaries of Bradford Washburn's Alaska/Yukon Expeditions

Exploring the Unknown: Historic Diaries of Bradford Washburn's Alaska/Yukon Expeditions

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

Mount McKinley's West Buttress: The First Ascent: Brad Washburn's Logbook, 1951

Bradford Washburn: An Extraordinary Life