The Accidental Adventurer

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Epicenter Press

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491_9780945397915

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Barbara Washburn never set out to become a mountaineering pioneer, but she wasnt content to be a stay-at-home wife, either. In 1947, defying social convention, Washburn became the first woman to climb Alaskas Mt. McKinley. She accompanied her husband--famed explorer, mountaineer, and photographer Bradford Washburn--on other expeditions to Alaska, the Grand Canyon, and Mt. Everest, while raising three children at their home near Boston.

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Barbara Washburn never set out to become a mountaineering pioneer, but she wasnt content to be a stay-at-home wife, either. In 1947, defying social convention, Washburn became the first woman to climb Alaskas Mt. McKinley. She accompanied her husband--famed explorer, mountaineer, and photographer Bradford Washburn--on other expeditions to Alaska, the Grand Canyon, and Mt. Everest, while raising three children at their home near Boston.