Scope and Contents Kim Miller (b. 1952) grew up in Rexburg, Idaho. His dad was a farmer and his mother was a physical education teacher at the high school. He attended schools in Rexburg, including Ricks College, and graduated from BYU in 1977 in business communications. He was active in the Boy Scouts and worked as a hike master at a scout camp in the Tetons. Working near the Tetons progressed into climbing, and he describes...

Scope and Contents Esther Peterson (1906-1997) was born in Provo, Utah. Her father was Lars Eggerrtsen, a first generation American from Danish immigrants. Her mother was Annie Neilson from Veddham, Denmark, who crossed the plains with a handcart company. Esther describes her Utah childhood and talks about teaching physical education (dancing) for two years in Cedar City, Utah, at the Branch Agricultural College. She attended the...

Scope and Contents Vanessa Pierce (b. 1980) discusses growing up in Colorado, going to college at Grinnell College, and her work with Green Corps. She talks about her upbringing, role models and ethical influences, and her relationship with nuclear waste issues as the Executive Director of HEAL Utah. Other topics include Energy Solutions, the Yucca Mountain High Level Nuclear Waste site, and the proposed temporary nuclear waste site...

Scope and Contents John Reid (b. 1939) has been an avid Wasatch Front mountaineer and skier for many decades. He attended Reed College, later joined the army, and attended the University of Utah on the GI Bill. Some of his climbing partners were George Lowe, Bob Bryan, Dan Grandusky (Clean Dad), and Ron Perla, with whom he climbed Mt. Whitney. Reid talks about tthe Ute Alpine Club, the progression of equipment, and the increasing...

Scope and Contents David Smith (b.1951) developed an interest in the outdoors by hunting with his father and backpacking with the Boy Scouts. He worked at East Fork of the Bear River Boy Scout Camp, and was head of the winter program at Camp Steiner for a couple of years. After reading about climbing, and hearing about climbing in a junior-high school assembly, he hooked up with the Wasatch Mountain Club and attended their Thursday...

Scope and Contents This interview is of two brothers talking about their climbing and skiing experiences. Larry (b. 1936) and Steve (b. 1938) both graduated from the University of Minnesota in engineering. Larry came out to Utah to work for Sperry UNIVAC and started climbing with the Wasatch Mountain Club in 1961. Two years later Steve moved to Utah to work in the aerospace industry. Both climbed and were weekend volunteers for the...

Scope and Contents Trimble (b.1950) recalls his childhood in Denver, Colorado, as the son of a geologist who did field work in the summers, taking his family along. He discusses his family, his school years, and his early experiences with environmental activism. Other topics include the Sierra Club, David Brower, Friends of the Earth, Glen Canyon, the Galapagos, working with the National Park Service, Outward Bound, photography, oral...

Scope and Contents Ian Zabarte (b.1964) grew up in the Bay Area, California. Zabarte is a Western Shoshone, who is part of the Western Shoshone National Council and has lived on the Duckwater Indian Reservation at various points in his life. Zabarte begins by discussing his Western Shoshone heritage, then moves to a discussion of his role in the controversy over high-level nuclear waste, particularly with regard to Yucca Mountain....