Longtime Local Bill Gardner Publishes Book: Moon Over McKinley
Author Bill Gardner showing the photography of the expedition featured in his book photo by DeAnne Gallegos
Moon Over McKinley book cover
Longtime Silverton local Bill Gardner publishes book about the team of Silverton mountaineers who summited Denali Mount McKinley in 1978 Photo by DeAnne Gallegos
In April of 2025, longtime local Bill Gardner decided to write a book he had long been thinking about. Less than a year later, in November of 2025, Gardner self-published his book Moon Over McKinley, which chronicles a mountaineering expedition that a group of Silverton people did in April and May of 1978.Gardner was the expedition leader of a local group of 7 to start, but ultimately 5 ...
