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Man returns to the climb scene
battlecreekenquirer.com May 11, 2008
Paul Elwell, stopped by injury two-thirds of the way up North America's tallest mountain last spring, is returning to the scene of the climb. ... In less than a month, Elwell hopes to make it to the 20,320-foot summit of Mount McKinley, or Denali, as it's always been...
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