Wilson R, Mills W J, Rodgers D R, Propst M T
West J Med. 1978 Jun;128(6):471-6.
Between 1903 and 1975 about 1 percent of climbers on Mount McKinley (Denali) and Mount Foraker in Alaska died. In 1976 a total of ten (1.7 percent) of 587 mountaineers died, but this rate of death was not significantly higher than previously. Nineteen percent of climbers in 1976 suffered major or minor injuries, illness or death. Acute mountain sickness (AMS), frostbite and fractures were common. Thirty-three rescues or retrievals of bodies were mounted at a cost of more than $82,000. Inexperience (particularly with arctic mountaineering), poor leadership, faulty equipment and undue reliance on rescue by helicopter contributed to the alarming incidence of accident, illness and death on big peaks in Mount McKinley National Park in 1976.
1903年至1975年间，阿拉斯加麦金利山（迪纳利峰）和福雷克山的登山者中约有1%死亡。1976年，587名登山者中有10人（1.7%）死亡，但这一死亡率并不比之前显著更高。1976年，19%的登山者遭受了轻重伤、疾病或死亡。急性高山病（AMS）、冻伤和骨折很常见。共进行了33次救援或尸体找回行动，花费超过82000美元。缺乏经验（尤其是在北极登山方面）、领导不力、设备故障以及过度依赖直升机救援，导致了1976年麦金利山国家公园大山峰上事故、疾病和死亡的惊人发生率。
