A mission of consequence: To find a mountain with their name on it. At risk: A part-time father’s last chance to be a Dad to his coming-of-age son, their future relationship, and the dignity of fatherhood. In Ascending Namesake Mountain, author David A. McGuire chronicles a pair of father-son road trips, each 4,000 miles. They go for broke to penetrate a primitive and roadless 3,698 square mile designated National Wilderness—by foot and hoof—in the northern Rocky Mountains