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Walter Harper

Trapper Creek, Alaska
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In 1913, Walter Harper, an Alaska Native and member of Hudson Stuck's mountaineering team, became the first to reach the summit of Mount McKinley/Denali, the highest mountain in North America, on Saturday, 7 June 1913, followed by the remaining team members, Stuck, Harry Karstens, and Robert Tatum.
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