[Starstruck]

What is not mentioned in the article, is that January in Alaska is usually very cold, temperatures around 100 below. It has been the opposite this Jamuary, and all winter mostly.

The average low January temperature for Barrow, Alaska which is probably the northernmost city is -29 F.

[sasportas]

You are correct, I meant the temps on Mount McKinley. My bad.

Ordinary January’s up there turn back all climbers. It’s no surprise to us that live here, that this guy has been able to climb the mountain this Jan.

[sasportas]

About the book, “Minus 148 Degrees:”

In 1967, eight men attempted North America’s highest summit: Mount McKinley had been climbed before but never in winter.

Plagued by doubts and cold, group tension and a crevasse tragedy, the expedition tackled McKinley in minimal hours of daylight and fierce storms. They were trapped at three different camps above 14,000 feet during a six-day blizzard and faced the ultimate windchill low temperature of 148° F.
“Minus 148,” a gripping survival story, a mountaineering classic for over 40 years.