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A man to match the mountains : a breezy biography of the life and mountaineering exploits of Glen Dawson on his100th birthday
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A man to match the mountains : a breezy biography of the life and mountaineering exploits of Glen Dawson on his100th birthday
Created Date
2012
Description
This documentary tells the story of mountaineer Glen Dawson’s life as a mountain climber: background music plays while text and photos, many provided by Dawson himself, pass across the screen. The video chronicles Dawson’s early love of and exposure to mountain climbing, particularly in the Sierra Nevada mountains. An Antiquarian bookseller, Dawson’s father took him on a book-buying trip to Europe, at which time they climbed Jungfrau and the Matterhorn. In 1931, Robert Underhill introduced true rope management to the Sierra Club, of which Dawson was a lifetime member, and these rope techniques were important to his later climb up the eastern face of Mt. Whitney in August 1931. As a young man, Dawson climbed in Yosemite and the Palisades, scaling a then unnamed peak that he and his companions christened “Thunderbolt Peak” after a close call with a storm while at the top. Photographed by and trekking alongside Ansel Adams, he continued climbing as a serious hobby throughout the 1930’s, later “retiring” to skiing. During World War II, Dawson served as a skiing instructor for officers and medical personnel. In 1973, Dawson was awarded the Sierra Club’s Francis P. Farquhar’s Mountaineering Award. The documentary concludes with footage from a 1934 climbing trip to Yosemite, with a voiceover from one of Dawson’s companions.
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Format
DVD
Extent
1
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Copy
Color or Black and White
Color
Silent or Sound
Sound
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Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Dennis Kruska. Dennis Kruska has given Claremont Colleges Library Special Collections permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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United States
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