Friday, March 9, 2012

Exposed: "Bare Summits"


Speaking of mountains and ol' timers, I hadn't been aware that one of the earlier names for Denali up in Alaska was "Dinsmores Peak" (or alternately "Densmores"). According to a post on "All Things Maine" blog, Maine native Frank Dinsmore was a prospector who had some mining claims in the Klondike, and became a fan of the relabeled Mount McKinley after seeing it from Lake Minchumina in 1889.

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