No.493 Larry Love, 2007

File — Box: 62, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Love (b. 1940) was born in Oroville, where he grew up playing outdoors and enjoying sports. His dad was a plumber and his mother was a cook. After his parents were divorced, he and his mother moved to Salt Lake City where he attended the Sherman Elementary, Granite Junior High, Granite High, and Olympus High Schools. Right after high school he entered the Army Reserve, where he served for eight years. He attended the University of Utah and Brigham Young University, graduating in 1968 in physical education with a coaching emphasis and a minor in German. He played volleyball for the “Y” for four years and substituted the deep powder skiing class. He first climbed in Jackson Hole at age sixteen and was one of the originators of the Alpenbock Club. He talks about climbing with Ted Wilson and discusses the advancement in equipment.
Outdoor Recreation Project.
Interviewer: Erik Solberg

Dates

2007

Conditions Governing Access

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