The World’s Noted Mountain Climbers
American Alpine Club Library
Golden, CO
For more
than 15 years John has been doing video interviews of noted climbers from
all over the world for the American Alpine Club Library in Golden, CO and
the AAC Climbers Ranch Library in Jackson Hole, WY. Many of the interviews
have been edited and are at the two libraries, and will be part of the new
AAC mountaineering museum in Golden when it is completed.
These
videos, whether edited or raw footage, are available to mountaineering
authors, historians and the media upon request to John at
climb2peak@aol.com. Two of those on the following list will be part of
the video presentations at the new Grand Teton National Park Visitors
Center, Jackson Hole, to be dedicated Aug. 11, 2007.
Allison, Stacy, first American woman to summit Everest, led team up
K2.
Alzner, Jeff, K2 in 2000
Anker, Conrad, world climber and person who found George Mallory’s
body on Everest.
Bass, Dick, first climber to reach the summit of the highest points
on the seven continents.
Bates, Robert, pioneer K2 climber, early advisor in formation of
the Army’s 10th Mountain Division and long-time supporter of
AAC.
Blum, Arlene, leader of the all-female climb of Annapurna, author.
Boyle, John, major contributor of climbing books to the AAC Library
Briggs, Bill, noted climber, leader in establishing the Grand Teton
Climbers Ranch, former Exum Guide, first to ski from the summit of the
Grand Teton.
Climbers Ranch work week and rebuilding.
Climbers Ranch Benefit Concert, Mangy Moose Bar, August 29, 1993
Climbers Ranch Benefit Concert, Sno-king Resort, Aug. 29, 1993.
Climbers Ranch Benefit Concert, Aug. 15,
Dornan’s Bar, Grand Teton National Park
Climbers Ranch Work Week – June, 1995
Climbers Ranch Work Week, June, 1996
Durrance, Dr. John, early K2 climber and first ascent of the
Durrance Route on Devil’s Towers
Everest Event – ABC.
Everest 1995 American Team with George Mallory II
Exum, Glenn, founder of Exum Guides, oldest mountain guiding
service in the U.S.
Exum, Glenn, “One Last Song on His Mountain,” PBS documentary of
his 50th anniversary climb establishing the Direct Exum Route
on the Grand Teton.
Feagin, Nancy, Exum Guide, Yosemite fast climber and Everest
summiter.
Frost, Tom, Yosemite legend and one of three persons to do the
first climb of the Salathe Route on El Cap in Yosemite.
Glavine, Hans, Yosemite speed climber.
Grissom, Kitty Calhoun, noted climber and former AAC board member.
Grunsfeld, Dr. John M., climber and NASA astronaut who repairs the
Hubble Telescope.
Henderson, Ken, pioneer 20th century climber who set the
bar.
Hillary, Sir Edmund, first climber to summit Everest.
Hill, Lynn, the human spider on the rocks.
Horner, Skip, member of the famous 1996 Everest climb.
Houston, Dr. Charles, world famous authority on mountain medicine,
early climber on K2, author and lecturer.
“Into Thin Air” Docudrama.” -- ABC
Jackson Hole Climb Wall Competition.
Kaufman, Dr. Andrew, early climber on K2 and author.
Kennedy, Michael, Climbing Magazine founder and notable climber.
Lev, Peter, co-owner of Exum Guides, avalanche expert.
Mace, Charlie, Everest climber, former AAC board member, AAC staff member.
Moro, Simone, Sowles Award recipient for saving a climber on Lhotse.
Porzak, Glenn, former AAC president.
Pratt, Chuck, another Yosemite legend and first to climb the
Salathe Wall on El Cap in Yosemite with Yvon Chouinard and Tom Frost.
Putman Bill, world climber and part of the 10th Mountain
Division.
Read, Al, president of Exum Guides.
Rieke, Peter, paralyzed in a climbing fall and trying to climb Mt.
Rainer with a mechanical “snow pod.”
Ridgeway, Rick, world climber and author.
Robbins, Royal, world climber, early Yosemite legend and
international sportsman.
Roberts, David, author and climber.
Robinson, Roger, Denali National Park climbing ranger.
Rowell, Galen, world climber, photographer and author of several
coffee table books published by the Sierra Club.
Schoening, Pete, saved lives of six members of his climbing team on
K2.
“Stay Alive Guide to Mountain Survival.”
Steck, Allen, noted Yosemite climber, coauthor of “Fifty Classic
Climbs of North
America,” and AAC Literary Award recipient with Steve Roper.
Utah Climbing Competition – CBS Sports
Tackle, Jack, Exum Guide and world-class climber.
Washburn, Brad and Barbara, world climbers and mappers. Barbara was
the first woman to summit Denali.
Weihenmayer, Eric, a blind climber who summited Everest with
Charlie Mace, former AAC board member and current AAC staff member.
Whitby, Robert, chairman of the board of the Mountain Institute,
Washington, DC
Whittaker, Jim, first American to summit Everest and leader of 1990
Peace Climb of Everest.
Wickwire, Jim, climber of major peaks.
Wilson, Ted, Grand Teton climbing ranger, leader in establishing
the Grand Teton Climbers Ranch, former mayor of Salt Lake City, and
faculty member at the University of Utah.
The late Chuck Pratt, legendary
rock climber who was on the first three-man team to climb the 3,000-foot Salathe
Wall in Yosemite, and John at the base of the Devil’s Tower
in Wyoming -- scene of the filming of Stephen Spielberg’s first major hit movie,
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”
Sir Edmund Hillary, first
person to summit Mt. Everest, gave only three interviews for the 50th
anniversary of his famous climb on May 23, 1953.. John scored one of the three,
a video interview for the American Alpine Club, done at the Hillary Home in
Auckland, NZ on Sept. 3, 2002. The other two were for National Geographic, a
sponsor of his 1953 climb, and Time-Life Books.
Mr. and Mrs. Brad Washburn
Devil’s tower - Meek and
Pratt
at base
