No.500 Jack Turner, 2008

File — Box: 62, Folder: 9

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Turner (b. 1942) was raised in a rural setting outside of Washington, D.C., until his parents divorced and his Mom took him to San Diego, California. He didn’t care for school, and describes many of his school failures. He learned to surf, and spent a lot of time surfing instead of going to school. Turner spent time in the upper Green River basin as a "jug hustler," and began climbing with a friend after taking some classes at the Exum Climbing School in Wyoming. He describes his years traveling around the west, attending Cornell on a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, attending anti-war rallies, backpacking through Europe, being trapped in Greece during a conflict with Turkey, trekking in Nepal, guiding in the Tetons, exploring Zen, and writing. Turner has published many essays and his books include The Abstract Wild and Travels in the Greater Yellowstone.
Utah Environmentalists Project.
Interviewer: Rob De Birk

Dates

2008

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