the Mountains and Climbing
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who have slow connections like myself [24k is max for me here], this page will
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but then again, another wonderful opportunity to practice patience...
my love for the mountains and the
alpine started early and continues to the present day---hiking in
the White Mountains of NH as a kid---wonderful adventure-filled,
self-reliant summers in the High Sierras as a teenager---rock
climbing becoming a passion during the mid-50`s while living in
Boulder, Colorado: it was climbing the spires of the Four Corners
area during Spring break, climbing in the Tetons in June&July
while working on the Cascade Canyon Trail crew, then in August
hitch-hiking north to the then still wild&unspoiled Interior
Ranges of BC, particuarly the Bugaboos---and returning to Boulder
for school in the Fall, which was largely spent climbing around
Boulder on theFlatirons, Eldorado Canyon,...---although my
climbing partners and I were climbing at the top standard of the
day for around Boulder[5.6, 5.7 with the very occasional 5.8
move], we were quite ignorant of the high standards being
attained by Yosemite climbers---of course this was before Layton
Kor appeared on the Boulder scene and before the incredible rise
of standards in the 1960`s---still, it was a great time in my life.
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Images from the Bugaboos
scanned this year from 35mm Kodak slides
taken in the mid-1950`s
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in Kokanee Glacier Park in the southern Selkirks of BC. ......On the left, at a high camp overlooking Kokanee Glacier. ..........On the right, biking up Coffee Creek (1990)
