Barbara Washburn, wife of Henry Bradford Washburn, was the first woman to climb Mt. McKinley. Bradford Washburn (born June 7, 1910, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer extraordinaire. ... Denali redirects here. ...
Bradford Washburn is the premier American field scientist, educator, geographer, and cartographer of the 20th Century.
Washburn's life of dramatic exploration into uncharted lands came alive to me in the books and articles that I read in my family's tiny Brooklyn apartment.
Washburn would accent a particular point in the conversation by either slapping the jelly down hard on the crackers or by sliding a fully prepared snack down the coffee table to me, where I was graded on how well I could catch the food before it hit the floor.
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