Daryl Miller is interviewed by Dave Krupa on April 27, 2000 in Talkeetna, Alaska. Miller discusses his personal background and how he was introduced to climbing; his first climbing experience on Denali; not summitting on his first attempt and the...
Brian Okonek talks about his introduction to outdoor activities and involvement in high school mountaineering club, exploring the Talkeetna area, meeting Dave Johnston, his trip in the Alaska Range, relationship with his dad and hopes for a...
Earl and Natalie Norris talk about learning about sled dogs and moving to Alaska, selling and donating dogs to search and rescue, Natalie's arrival in Alaska, meeting Earl, the use of Natalie's dogs during World War II for northern latitude search...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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Ian McRae talks about getting into climbing at a young age in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, deciding to stop playing soccer and go climbing in the High Sierras, learning to climb in the California mountains, his first trip to Alaska trying to climb...
Berle Mercer talks about Berle talks about growing up in Thedford, Nebraska and first coming to Alaska with the Army, growing up in Nebraska, and Claire, growing up in New York, meeting and having a double wedding with their twins,settling in the...
Title supplied by cataloger. Three people stand with backpacks and mountaineering gear. One person is bent over a sled dog. Susan Butcher on the left. Ropes are seen across the photo. A jagged rock face in background. Original format: 35mm color...
Title from verso An H-21A/B [Piasecki, "Flying Banana" assault helicopter] lands with hot food and mountaineering equipment at Co. C, 1st Battle Group, 23rd Infantry bivouac area on Kenai Peninsula mountain ridge, during the [Fort Richardson]...
Title from accompanying notes. "20 April. Shige at Camp 1." Mountain climber stopped to pose for the camera on the trail, there are six other men on the trail in front of him. He is tethered with rope and has sunglasses, quilted mittens, and...
Title from accompanying notes. There are seven men outside several yellow tents. The wind on the mountains is stirring up the snow in the background. Guy lines for the tents are marked with pink flagging.
Title from accompanying notes. "21 April. Moving up from Camp 2 to Camp 3 at the Col."> Hikers going up the mountain, snow and wind obscuring some of the view, two yellow flags mark the trail.
Title from accompanying notes. Yellow tent inside wall made of blocks of snow. Two men in red parkas, a backpack, orange trail marker and gear bags, and mountain peaks below the horizon.
Title from accompanying notes. Men in parkas standing outside several tents hunkered down behind snow forts. Red parkas, rope, backpacks, the distant mountains obscured by blowing snow.
Title taken from verso. Image shows Alfred Lindley and Harry Liek following their 1932 ascent of Mount McKinley. The Lindley-Liek Expedition was the first successful attempt to reach both peaks of Mount McKinley. This party also...