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New Film to Be Premiered — The Pioneers of Waterfall Ice Climbing

Coming to the Whyte Museum on December 10th is a new historical film on Canadian ice climbers: The Pioneers of Waterfall Ice Climbing.

Laurie Skreslet - Pushing the Limits: The Legacy | Episode Eleven

Most people know Charlie Locke as the owner of the Lake Louise Ski Resort. But before this, he was a leading Rockies mountain climber.

Pat Morrow - Pushing the Limits: the Legacy | Episode Eight

Morrow pioneered winter ascents and waterfall ice climbs in his early years in the Rockies & was the second Canadian to climb Mount Everest.

A Fireside Chat with Barb Renner

Barb Renner was a mountain gal right from the beginning. Her father, an avid hiker and skier, took her to the mountains as a child.

Barry Blanchard - Pushing the Limits: the Legacy | Episode Six

Barry Blanchard is one of Canada’s best-known alpinists and mountain guides and is respected around the world.

Brian Greenwood - Pushing the Limits: the Legacy | Episode Five

Brian Greenwood was one of the most respected climbers in Canada. He pioneered dozens of new routes in the Rockies and Columbia Mountains.

Kevin Doyle - Pushing the Limits: the Legacy | Episode Four

Kevin Doyle is one of the finest alpinists to come from Canada. This interview was recorded by Chic Scott in Kevin’s Calgary home in 1996.

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Hans Gmoser, a Canadian Mountain Legend

By Chic Scott Back to the Cairn Hans Gmoser came to Canada from Austria in December 1951. He was nineteen years old and had only a few...

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