Box 68
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Contains 22 Results:
No. 628 Russell Jacobs, 2009
File — Box: 68, Folder: 1
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Salt Lake City based climber Russell Jacobs recounts his global experiences as a climber and shares his views of the climbing scene. Going into great detail, Jacobs describes climbs in South American, Europe and throughout North America. His stories include descriptions of the changes in the landscape and the people who climb. He feels that there has been an improvement in how the nation protects its natural...
Dates:
2009
No. 629 Tyler Phillips, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 2
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Phillips (b. 1976) was raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tyler discovered his love for the outdoors through the influence of his parents, as well as early experiences with the Boy Scouts. As a child, he skied at Solitude, but by the time he was in his teens he began to explore the backcountry. He also began climbing when he was seventeen years old with his close friends, who learned under the tutelage of local guide...
Dates:
2008
No. 630 Mike White, 2009
File — Box: 68, Folder: 3
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Born in Denver, but raised in Salt Lake City, climber Mike White recalls his start as a climber, specific climbs and the development of climbing gear. The interview focuses on his prolific re-bolting of traditional routes in the Wasatch and other areas. This involves details about the technical, geological and social parameters of re-bolting. Out of this discussion, White's account of climbing ethics becomes...
Dates:
2009
No. 631 Jerilyn McIntyre, 2011
File — Box: 68, Folder: 4
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McIntyre (b. 1942) was born in Fairbury, Nebraska. Both her parents were teachers. They moved to Pasadena, California when she was seven so her dad could work for the California Teacher's Association. Jerilyn discusses her early education. Her two years of high school were on the Pasadena City College campus. After high school she attended Stanford where she majored in history. She describes living on campus and...
Dates:
2011
No. 632 Edwin Firmage, Jr., 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 5
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Firmage (b. 1958) was born in Provo, Utah. He discusses his childhood, family, education and young adult years, including a mission for the LDS Church in Germany. He details experiences while attending Princeton, and completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Utah. He pursued graduate studies at Berkeley. He worked in sales for a number of years before turning to a vocation in photography. Mr. Firmage...
Dates:
2008
No. 633 Phyllis Haskell-Tims, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 6
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Haskell-Tims is a former dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of Utah. She describes her family and her childhood at Yankee Farm near Santa Barbara, California. She recalls beginning dance lessons at age three with Madame Maria Kedrina who had trained in the Imperial Ballet Company in Russia. She describes performing all through public school and attending the University of Arizona, where she was...
Dates:
2008
No. 634 Moana Angilau, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 7
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Moana Angilau (b. 1973) talks about her childhood before she moved to Tonga; she compares her experience of going to school in Utah to her experiences in Tonga. Religion was a main focus in school but the children took part in diverse religions. The family would travel to Hawaii regularly to visit family and keep up to date with American culture. She talks about her love for Tonga and Tongan culture. She tried to...
Dates:
2008
No. 635 Dennis Sizemore, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 8
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Dennis Sizemore talks about good and wildlife practice. He recounts an incident involving a bear that he looks to as the one thing he's still repenting for through all his work for wilderness areas. He studied wildlife at New Mexico State and later attended the University of Montana for graduate school to work on grizzly bears and black bears. Dennis tells about his experiences on the Blackfeet Reservation in...
Dates:
2008
No. 636 Vaueli Johnson, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 9
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Vaueli Johnson grew up in American Samoa until she was four. Her family then moved to Laie, Hawaii. After she graduated from high school Vaueli moved to Utah to attend BYU. Vaueli talks about the various jobs she's had. She mostly worked for her father's business, a variety store called Country Baby. She wasn't taught to speak Samoan when she was young but she can understand it and speak it fairly well. Her father...
Dates:
2008
No. 637 Alexis Lesa, 2008
File — Box: 68, Folder: 10
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Alexis Lesa was born in North Carolina on a military base. She grew up all over the states because her parents were both Marines and she talks about traveling and moving often. She describes her relationship with her parents and her siblings. Alexis talks in detail about moving to Hawaii, living with extended family, and going to school there. Alexis is half Puerto Rican, a quarter white and a quarter Samoan. She...
Dates:
2008
No. 638 Thomas Arnold, 2009
File — Box: 68, Folder: 11
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Thomas Arnold (b. 1977) grew up in Bountiful, Utah. When it became time for him to find a way to pay for college he decided to join the Marine Reserves. Thomas values the discipline he learned in boot camp as well and the hard work ethic it instilled in him. He recalls feeling very comfortable in his reserve group Fox Company 2/23. He went on a mission for his church and started a family prior to the events of...
Dates:
2009
No. 639 Susan and Robert Fitts, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 12
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Botanist Robert Fitts was born in Glendale California and grew up in Parowan, Utah. He worked with Vince Tepedino at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bee Lab where he served as a plant specialist. He had spent much of his career trying to preserve the native, especially the endangered, species of plants in Utah and throughout the West. Susan Fitts was born in Manhattan, Kansas and grew up in...
Dates:
2010
No. 640 David Spencer Chapman, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 13
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David Chapman (b. 1942) was born in the small town of Comox on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He has studied and taught at the University of Zambia, the University of Michigan, and the University of Utah, among others. Chapman is Distinguished Professor of Geophysics and Dean Emeritus of The Graduate School, Department of Geology and Geophysics, at the University of Utah. In 2009, he was awarded the Utah...
Dates:
2010
No. 641 Zac Robinson, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 14
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Zac Robinson (b. 1983) was born in 1983 in Fort Worth, Texas. Zac discusses his introduction to climbing as a student at Texas A&M and his subsequent development as a climber in Colorado and Utah. Zac initially moved to Salt Lake City in 2006 to ski at Alta and Snowbird and has lived here ever since. His first experiences in Utah include climbing at Indian Creek, where he honed his skills as a traditional...
Dates:
2010
No. 642 Michael Friedrichs, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 15
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Michael Friedrichs (1959) was exposed to climbing during his high school years, mentored by his swimming coach and regional climbing great Layne Kapischka. Mike attended the University of Wyoming, studying Statistics, and during his college years, he climbed at Vedauwoo, in Wyoming, also making a number of trips to Yosemite to climb big walls. He describes the "regional" climbing culture of the 1970s, identifying...
Dates:
2010
No. 643 Lamont Heaps, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 16
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Lamont Heaps (b. 1945) was born in Salt Lake City. He graduated from Skyline High School in 1963 as part of Skyline's first graduating class. Lamont talks about his early outdoor experiences in the Canyon Rim area of Salt Lake. He spent a lot of time exploring caves across the Wasatch Front. After spending time in the National Guard, Lamont got involved with Search and Rescue while working at a grocery chain called...
Dates:
2010
No. 644 Neal Carroll, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 17
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Neal Carroll (b. 1971) was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, but moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to attend the University of Utah in 1990. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in British/American Literature at the University of Utah. Neal describes working at Alta during his college years, detailing the developments to the Alta facilities and culture since he began to work there and sharing some general observations on Salt...
Dates:
2010
No. 645 Doug Heinrich, 2010
File — Box: 68, Folder: 18
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Doug Heinrich (b. 1962) was introduced to climbing when he was twelve years old by a classmate. Early on he took climbing lessons with Jim Dockery, a local legend, and during his first year in climbing he achieved the summit of the Grand Teton on a guided climb. He quickly developed an interest in summiting alpine peaks. Doug discusses the Salt Lake climbing community of the late-70s and '80s, identifying some of...
Dates:
2010
No. 646 Heather Suker, 2011
File — Box: 68, Folder: 19
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Heather Suker (b. 1987) has been involved in political activism for about three years, beginning with her participation with Peaceful Uprising and its support of Tim DeChristopher's civil disobedience. She served on the Board of Directors of Peaceful Uprising and learned about Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Salt Lake City through her involvement with this group. After learning about Occupy Wall Street, Heather...
Dates:
2011
No. 647 Noel Song, 2011
File — Box: 68, Folder: 20
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Noel Song (b. 1991) moved to Salt Lake City to attend the University of Utah. Noel was unable to afford the tuition for the fall 2011 semester and subsequently became interested in the Occupy Wall Street movement through internet research. Faced with having to move out of his parents' house, Noel chose to take part in the Occupy Salt Lake City movement. He attended the initial organizational meeting and took part...
Dates:
2011