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We take a look at the latest controversy surrounding Denali\u2019s name and why it has inspired so much debate over the years<\/p>\n

The high point of my year was (literally) my summit of Denali<\/a>, the highest peak in North America. It was my fourth mountain of the seven summits<\/a> \u2013 arguably my fifth if you count Kosciuszko<\/a> \u2013 leaving me Vinson in Antarctica and Everest in Asia. I said<\/a> at the time that whether or not I climb any more of the seven is almost irrelevant. I will always have Denali, my \u2018tall one\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Denali has been in the news recently, not because of any mountaineering feat but because President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to rename<\/a> the mountain after William McKinley, the 25th US president, who was assassinated in 1901.<\/p>\n

This is, of course, not the first time a mountain\u2019s name has caused controversy<\/a>. With that in mind, we take a look at the latest war of words surrounding Denali and just why its name has inspired so much debate.<\/p>\n

Denali: The tall one<\/h2>\n

At 6,190m (20,310ft), Denali in Alaska, USA<\/a>, is the third highest mountain of the seven summits. The name Denali comes from Koyukon, a traditional Native Alaskan Athabascan language, and means \u2018the tall one\u2019. The name had been used for generations until 1896 when a gold prospector began referring to the mountain as Mt McKinley after William McKinley, a presidential candidate at the time.<\/p>\n

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