William McKinley
In 1896, a gold prospector gave McKinley's name to Denali, the tallest mountain in North America at . The Alaska Board of Geographic Names changed the name of the mountain back to Denali in 1975, which is what it was called by locals. The Department of the Interior followed suit in August 2015 as a part of a visit to Alaska by President Barack Obama. Similarly, Denali National Park was known as Mount McKinley National Park until December 2, 1980, when it was changed by legislation signed by President Jimmy Carter.
Wade White
Wade White became the first person to descend Mount Elbert, Colorado's highest peak and the second tallest peak in the continental United States at 14,433 feet above sea level, on a snowskate. This feat was documented in "Starfish", a snowskate magazine as well as the article "Snowskating at 14,000 Feet" in "".