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269: 313:, and a John F. Kennedy medallion. This route from the Cathedral Glacier to the south is now considered a routine climb for experienced glacier travelers, having little technical difficulties other than navigation of extensive crevasse fields and avoidance of avalanches. Since then, other routes have been completed, including the highly technical North Buttress, first climbed in 1968 using siege tactics (placing fixed ropes and returning to a base camp), and finally in 2001 in purely alpine style (continuous ascent from bottom to summit with no fixed ropes). 134: 29: 127: 277: 1625: 1600: 264:
who had aided the Canadian government in selecting the peak said that "the Canadians sought a mountain that had not previously been named, that towered lofty and magnificent, and that lay as close as possible to the international boundary, where it would endure as a symbol of the unique friendship
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said "I believe it is appropriate that Canada's memorial to him should be a mountain. A mountain is solid and enduring. Mount Kennedy is a graceful, towering, unencumbered peak ... a symbol of aspiration and upward reach." It was at the time, the highest peak in
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Mount Kennedy (left) from the air to the north, with the summits of Mts. Hubbard and Alverstone showing.
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The Canadian government named the peak in honour of U.S. President
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Mount Kennedy from the Lowell Glacier to the north.
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Elevation
Prominence
Listing
Mountains of Canada
Coordinates
60°20′28.2″N 138°57′58.8″W / 60.341167°N 138.966333°W / 60.341167; -138.966333
Mount Kennedy is located in Yukon
Yukon
Parent range
Saint Elias Mountains
Topo map
NTS
115B7
First ascent
Easiest route
Saint Elias Mountains
Kluane National Park
Yukon
Alaska Panhandle
John F. Kennedy
assassination
Lester B. Pearson
North America
climbed
Bradford Washburn


Robert F. Kennedy
mountaineers

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