Box 66
Container
Contains 25 Results:
No. 588 Michelle Kamahauoha, 2008
File — Box: 66, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Kamahauoha (b. 1983) was born in Kahuku, Hawaii. Her father grew up in California, Idaho, and Utah, and her mother was raised in Utah. They met at a school dance and moved to Hawaii to attend the University of Hawaii. Her mother became an RN and her father became an entrepreneur. Michelle grew up in Hawaii and moved to Utah to attend BYU. She recalls growing up in Hawaii, rebelling as an adolescent, Mormon culture...
Dates:
2008
No. 589 Mary Dickson, 2009
File — Box: 66, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
Dickson (b. 1955) was born in Joplin, Missouri. She moved with her family to Salt Lake City, Utah, as a child and has spent the majority of her life in the Salt Lake Valley. Dickson discusses her experiences being diagnosed with thyroid cancer before the age of 30 and losing a sister to cancer. She believes that both her and her sister's illnesses were caused by exposure to nuclear fallout while living in Salt...
Dates:
2009
No. 590 William Lockhart and Terri Martin, 2009
File — Box: 66, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Lockhart (b. 1933) is a law professor at the University of Utah and has been active in the litigation of a number of environmental conflicts. Terri Martin is an activist and consultant with organizations such as Don't Waste Utah, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and Women Protecting Wilderness. Together they describe their respective roles in working to deny the placement of nuclear waste near Canyonlands...
Dates:
2009
No. 591 Noah Bigwood and Kirsten Dockstader, 2010
File — Box: 66, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Bigwood (b. 1969) was born in Claremont, California, but moved to Colorado where he became what he describes as a "compulsive and addictive climber." He moved to Moab, Utah, where he was involved in route development in Southern Utah. He and Dave Medara started a guiding company, Moab Desert Adventures. Kirsten (b. 1972) is from Irondequoit, New York. She discovered her passion for climbing while working as a guide...
Dates:
2010
No. 592 Bill Boyle, 2010
File — Box: 66, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Boyle (b. 1949) was born in Kentucky. His father was in the military and he was raised in the South. In 1976 he moved to Utah to attend the University of Utah and pursue a graduate degree in psychology. He quickly developed an interest in skiing and then, climbing. He describes trips to the City of Rocks, the first place he was involved in bolting sport climbing routes. While Boyle is an accomplished traditional...
Dates:
2010
No. 593 James Garrett, 2010
File — Box: 66, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Garrett (b. 1951) was born in Duluth, Minnesota, started skiing when he was around six or seven years old, and eventually moved to Montana, where he continued to pursue skiing. He moved to Switzerland, met his wife, Franziska, and discovered climbing under the influence of the Von Kämel brothers, Swiss mountain guides. James returned to the States in 1980 and worked as a ski patroller in Colorado before eventually...
Dates:
2010
No. 594 Bob Irvine, 2009
File — Box: 66, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Irvine grew up in Salt Lake City. He started climbing in 1957 when he was working in Grand Teton National Park. He was a member of the Alpenbock, one of the three main climbing clubs in Utah, along with the Ute Alpine Club and the Wasatch Mountain Club. Irvine sold tickets at the Moose entrance before moving to Jenny Lake, where he worked as a ranger for thirty-three years. He believes Grand Teton is one of the...
Dates:
2009
No. 595 Misty Murphy, 2010
File — Box: 66, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Murphy (b.1970) grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, and currently resides in Saint George with her husband, Bill Ohran. Misty's father started the Ski Jumping Program at Alta, and she was a committed skier before she began climbing at the age of 27. She is also a musician, and discusses the connections she experiences between climbing, music, and dance. She often plays music at climbing events and fundraisers. Misty...
Dates:
2010
No. 596 Bob and Jonathan Springeyer, 2009
File — Box: 66, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Robert (b. 1943) was born in Provo and raised in the Salt Lake area. He took up skiing when he was twelve or thirteen. He joined his neighborhood buddies and younger brother and skied on Saturday mornings. Skiing was just a part of his love for the outdoors, which came to include climbing, hiking, fishing and canoeing. During his life he has witnessed great changes in how people can access the natural areas of the...
Dates:
2009
No. 597 Paul Tusting, 2010
File — Box: 66, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Paul Tusting was born in Miami and grew up in Cambridgle, Massachusetts. He originally became interested in the outdoors and in climbing at a private school which had an Outward-Bound type program. He moved to Salt Lake in 1999, hoping to work for Black Diamond. He worked for HR on various tech and design projects, but the majority his time was on the C4s and C3s. Tusting talks at length on the history of Black...
Dates:
2010