A thrilling climb With their mountaineering coach, teenagers Mitch and Jason aspire to climb America's highest mountain. Mitch climbs to inspire an injured child's tough job of recovery after losing a leg. Jason commemorates his ancestor, Walter Harper, the first to reach the 20,320-foot summit. This novella, full of adventure and life-threatening events, is great for readers as young as 12, or any reader wanting to know about mountain climbing on frigid Mt. McKinley