Section 1: London, England\ wilderness -- interest\ New Hampshire\ backyard -- woods\ growing up\ Washington, D.C. \ campus -- mountains\ backpacking -- overnight\ high school -- choice\ program -- outdoor\ Boston, MA\ wilderness -- love\ skills -- learned\ ascents -- winter\ Presidential Mountains\ ice axe\ crampons\ Appalachian Mountains\ junior high -- Shenandoah\ Colorado -- school\ Rocky mountains|

Section 2: high school -- junior\ NOLS -- North Cascade Mountains\ glacier -- travel\ senior -- project\ McKinley\ Alaska Denali Climbing\ Okonek, Brian -- mentor\ gear -- hand made\ pack -- frame\ ego\ strength\ boundaries\ skill -- level\ Talkeetna, AK\ Okonek, Brian\ Okonek, Diane\ college -- summer\ NOLS -- instructor's course\ experience\ guide|

Section 3: guiding\ education -- outdoor\ strengths -- teaching\ woods -- playing\ peak -- climbing\ view\ climbing -- winter\ mosquitoes\ people\ skill -- level\ terrain -- exposure\ systems -- rope\ incentive\ ice axe\ crampons\ climbing -- technical\ places -- new\ training\ college -- rock climbing\ ice climbing\ climbing -- technical\ ascents -- technical\ roommates\ people -- experienced\ protection -- placement\ systems -- anchor\ difficulty -- higher|

Section 4: courses -- none\ NOLS -- mountaineering\ Alaska\ scale -- larger\ high school -- Appalachians\ Himalayas\ Rockies\ climb -- guided\ clients -- number\ May -- cold\ rescues -- help\ high camp -- weather\ weather --wind\ weather -- temperature\ cave\ storm -- survival\ tents -- lost\ Denali -- extreme\ summit day|

Section 5: Okonek, Brian\ Talkeetna, AK\ company -- guiding\ life -- quality\ politics -- local\ Climbers' Memorial\ Miller, Daryl\ Robinson, Roger\ Okonek, Diane\ honesty\ hardworking\ standards -- high\ business -- standards\ clients -- screening\ mountain -- operation\ walls -- biggest\ camps\ knowledgeable\ Denali -- history\ mountaineering\ National Park Service\ Alaska\ dogsleding\ business -- secondary|

Section 6: Okonek, Brian\ ascents -- first\ Alaska Range\ Okonek, Jim\ father\ pilot\ influence -- excellent\ Talkeetna, AK\ NOLS -- Palmer, AK\ course -- mountaineering\ Mt. Brooks\ Mt. Silverthrone\ Boston, MA\ client\ accident\ McKinley -- guiding|

Section 7: Kellogg, Ritt\ trip -- planning\ climbing -- partners\ friends\ Alaska\ Walter, Tom\ team -- joined\ Mt. Foraker -- climb\ elder\ climbing -- experience\ expedition -- big\ mountaineer -- aspiring\ Alaska -- hazards\ area -- serious\ climbing -- progression|

Section 8: rock climbing -- afternoon\ Colorado College\ Colorado Springs, CO\ weekends -- mountains\ Sangre De Cristo Mountains \ mountaineering\ rock climbing\ ice climbing -- technical\ training\ Walter, Tom\ attitude -- great\ skill -- level\ experience\ confident\ routes -- new\ Pakistan\ accident -- potential\ consequences -- severe|

Section 9: Alaska -- mountaineering\ dynamics -- group\ communicating\ goals -- individual\ safety\ Mt. Foraker -- climb\ Mt. Hunter -- North Face\ Mt. Hunter -- West Side\ Walter, Tom\ route -- new\ Kellogg, Ritt\ Kennedy-Lowe Route\ West Ridge\ serac -- ice fall\ earthquake\ flight\ Mt. Foraker -- East Face\ basecamp\ Pink Panther -- route|

Section 10: glaciers -- hanging\ ridge -- buttress\ basecamp\ Finnish variation\ buttress -- final\ bypass -- couloir\ protection -- rock\ accident -- terrible\ tragedy\ climbing -- excellent\ difficulty\ route-- good\ weather -- inclement\ beginning -- delay\ snow\ weather -- improved|

Section 11: route -- finishing\ stretch -- final\ top-out -- camp\ Mt. Foraker -- summit\ weather -- conditions\ buttress -- rock\ climbing -- moderate\ technique -- French\ South East Ridge -- descent\ visibility -- zero\ route -- history\ Mt. McKinley\ ice\ side -- leeward\ ridgeline -- sharp\ snow --unstable\ Walter, Tom\ white-out|

Section 12: protection -- none\ rope -- anchor\ mountaineering -- taboo\ team -- rope\ Walter, Tom\ ice -- honeycombed\ ice screws\ pickets\ speed -- safety\ route -- steep\ weather -- storms\ Alaska Range\ food\ fuel\ water\ packs -- weight\ accident -- consequences\ safety -- effort\ visibility\ cold\ fatigue\ face -- ice\ camp\ ridge -- bivy|

Section 13: time -- daylight\ helicopter -- Lama\ Walter, Tom\ axe\ ?, Lisa\ kayaking -- sea\ Kellogg, Ritt -- Outward Bound\ NOLS\ advice\ mountaineering -- Alaska\ patience\ visibility\ climbing -- catch 22\ snow -- stability\ evaluation\ glaciers -- vertical\ snow -- quantity\ glaciation -- active\ weather -- storm|

Section 14: avalanche -- slab\ glacier -- hanging\ cornice\ wind -- deposited\ snow\ hazard -- precipitation\ accumulation\ wind \ hazard -- avalanche\ Alaska Range -- topography\ ridges -- cornices\ attitude -- caution\ teaching\ belay\ slope -- dig\ stability -- assessment|

Section 15: quality -- unique\ Alaska Range -- light\ conditions\ wind -- fatigue\ climb -- progress\ judgement -- impaired\ discipline\ accident\ weather\ climb\ visibility\ buttress -- rock\ protection -- running\ visibility|

Section 16: fatigue -- influence\ mountains -- accident\ mistake\ protection -- running\ visibility\ conditions -- ice\ slope -- ice\ camping \ ice axes -- cave\ partners -- dead|

Section 17: route -- slope\ slopes -- final\ calculation -- careful\ buttress -- rock\ wind -- load\ slope -- steep\ ice\ wind\ avalanche\ white-out\ bergschrund -- camp\ plan -- prudent\ rope -- tension|

Section 18: slack -- sudden\ alarm\ snow -- powerful\ self arrest -- attempt\ downhill -- sliding\ airborne\ unconscious\ light -- changed\ morning\ avalanche\ hanging|

Section 19: Walter, Tom\ movement -- none\ rope -- caught\ Kellogg, Ritt\ ?, Cliff\ face -- ice\ condition -- dead\ Fesler, Doug\ Fesler, Jill\ Avalanche Safety Center\ recoveries\ mask -- common\ blessing\ nerves\ face -- expression\ descent\ mindset\ bones -- broken\ condition -- severe\ survivor -- strategy\ error -- room|

Section 20: survival\ emotions\ climbing -- accident\ death\ fear\ pain\ ankle -- broken\ scapula --broken\ neck -- broken\ tent -- sitting\ focus\ step -- next\ route\ mentality -- unstoppable\ disabilities -- physical\ state -- emotional\ mind -- frame|

Section 21: boots -- plastic\ swelling\ ankle -- bending\ shoulder -- pick\ neck -- broken\ neck -- turning\ body --rotating\ sitting -- technique\ neck -- muscles\ techniques -- adjusted\ mountain -- familiar\ war -- Kuwait\ injured\ environment -- familiar\ food -- ration\ fuel -- rationed\ stove\ tent\ clothes\ Kellogg, Ritt\ Walter, Tom\ impact -- minimum\ technique -- abandoned\ weight -- critical\ helmet -- smashed\ trash -- tossed|

Section 22: God -- faith\ blame -- factor\ avalanche\ faith -- strength\ religious\ helpful\ state -- mental\ pray -- help\ effort\ mother -- connection\ death -- coping\ responsible\ parents\ wife\ severity\ nervous\ grief -- parents|

Section 23: students\ safety -- accidents\ effect -- ripple\ wave -- shock\ parents\ friends\ trauma -- accident\ descent -- forgotten\ memory -- short\ family\ relatives\ mountains -- death\ tragedy\ mothers\ fathers\ brothers\ sisters\ individual -- larger\ aware\ students -- ambitious\ partner\ reason -- none\ kid -- dead\ tragedy --- endured\ life -- nadir\ teacher -- effective\ words -- wisdom|

Section 24: climbing -- quitting\ risk -- manageable\ routes -- particular\ college -- eager\ glaciers -- hanging\ criteria -- stringent\ drive -- gone\ Mt. Foraker\ climb -- hardest\ Wyoming\ ascent -- winter\ ascent -- day\ Grand Teton -- North Face\ conditions\ life -- stop\ plans -- hold\ accident -- focus\ wheel chair\ crutches\ climbing -- prime\ jobs -- guiding\ jobs -- teaching|

Section 25: scale -- small\ upset\ normalcy -- important\ recovery\ life -- upside down\ years -- mellow\ accidents -- more\ wilderness -- mountains\ safety -- content\ desire -- burning\ routes -- harder\ challenge -- constant\ rock climbing -- safe\ mountaineering -- Alaska\ factor -- danger\ routes -- moderate\ climbs -- personal\ routes -- new\ Cassin Ridge\ weather -- bad\ Denali\ safety -- margin\ level -- comfort|

Section 26: motivation\ guiding -- teaching\ clients\ goal -- summit\ summit -- focus\ sickness -- altitude\ injuries -- cold\ measure -- preventative\ teaching -- dynamic\ weather -- storm\ shelters -- snow\ searching -- transceiver\ ascent -- peak\ flexibility\ group\ program -- best\ course -- idea\ goal -- education\ climbing -- peaks\ setting -- real\ application -- fun\ school -- students\ focus -- education\ trips -- guided\ Aconcagua\ break -- fun\ clients\ guides\ ascent -- guided|

Section 27: school -- establish\ skills\ NOLS -- teaching\ Outward Bound\ kids -- risk\ kids -- handicapped\ counselor -- camp\ Maine\ dishes -- washing\ education -- outdoor\ training\ Talkeetna, AK\ work\ Okonek, Brian\ Okonek, Diane\ community -- value\ school -- climbing\ NOLS\ Alaska Denali Guiding\ mentor\ Alma Mater\ competition\ differences -- important\ guiding\ courses -- longer\ areas -- other\ Palmer, Caitlin\ Mt. Crosson -- summit\ weather -- storm\ Mt. Hunter -- guiding\ guiding -- extreme\ objectives -- harder|

Section 28: situations -- hazard\ clients -- safety\ guiding -- tradition\ Kellogg, Peter\ Kellogg, Cindy\ Kellogg, Ritt\ Mt. Foraker\ help -- starting\ boots -- plastic\ gear\ equipment\ debt -- pressure\ Palmer, Caitlin\ met -- chance\ fundraiser -- dinner\ house -- fire\ McCullough, Brian\ McCullough, Whitney\ neighbors\ love -- immediate\ Talkeetna, AK\ McKinley\ Miller, Daryl\ University of Alaska, Anchorage -- teaching\ program -- wilderness\ expedition -- fundraiser\ Denali\ women -- breast cancer\ trip -- guided\ Alaska Denali Guiding\ Okoneks\ Maine\ Prescott College\ wilderness\ climbing -- interest|

Section 29: Palmer, Caitlin\ lifestyle -- transient\ relationship -- destroyed\ road trip -- rock climbing\ Yosemite\ Wyoming\ marriage\ Alaska Mountaineering School -- operation\ APU -- connection\ Anchorage, AK\ programs -- outdoor\ credit -- college\ McGivern, Dave\ course -- taught\ guide -- mountain\ Tordock, Paul\ instructor -- NOLS\ Ajango, Deb\ Smith, Blaine\ Denali\ network|

Section 30: relationship -- complicated\ National Park Service -- role\ activities -- climbing\ regulations\ registration -- procedure\ McKinley -- guiding\ school\ West Buttress\ snow machine -- use\ hunting\ guiding\ relationship -- good\ climbers\ guides\ rangers\ guides -- acclimated\ high camp\ waste -- human\ latrine -- cleanup\ park -- help\ guide -- steward\ clean -- safe\ fixed lines\ rescues\ priority -- safety\ team|

Section 31: emergency\ team -- guided\ climb -- summit\ rescue -- involved\ ethos -- help\ goals -- forfeited\ help -- needed\ climbing -- quality\ people -- foolish\ walls -- small\ tent -- exploded\ signs -- early\ problems -- altitude\ people -- route\ National Park Service\ issue -- growing\ numbers -- management\ parties -- guided\ rescues -- consumed\ climbing\ Okonek, Brian|

Section 32: habits -- poor\ experience -- gaining\ walls -- none\ gear -- everywhere\ Denali\ wind\ problem -- big\ accidents|