Gasherbrum I, the Sierra Nevada, and Selkirks : mountaineering photographs, 1947-1958.

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Gasherbrum I, the Sierra Nevada, and Selkirks : mountaineering photographs, 1947-1958.

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The compact disk and contact prints are of the Gasherbrum I expedition, 1958. Gasherbrum I was first climbed on July 5, 1958 by Pete Schoening and Andy Kauffman of an eight-man American expedition led by Nicholas B. Clinch. Richard K. Irvin, Tom Nevison, Tom McCormack, Gil Roberts and Bob Swift were also members of the team. The negatives are of Sierra Nevada and Selkirk climbs, 1947-1951. Included with the collection is a short autobiographical note by Bob Swift.

1 manuscript box (100 negatives, 159 contact prints, and 1 CD)

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Irvin, Richard, merchant

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McCormack, Tom

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Kauffman, Andrew J. (Andrew John)

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Swift, Robert L.

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Bob Swift started climbing with the Sierra Club's Rock Climbing Section in the late 1940s, where his tutors included Dave Brower and Jim Leonard. In 1956 he joined Dick Irvin on an unsuccessful attempt of Rakaposhi, and in 1958 was part of the team that made the first ascent of Hidden Peak (Gasherbrum I). For several years he was owner-operator of the Palisade School of Mountaineering. From the description of Gasherbrum I, the Sierra Nevada, and Selkirks : mountaineering photographs,...

Nevison, Tom.

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Roberts, Gilbert, -1983

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Schoening, Pete (Peter K.)

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Clinch, Nicholas, 1930-

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Francis Peloubet Farquhar was a conservationist, mountaineer, author, and historian. He was also a long-time member of the Sierra Club. From the description of A tribute paid to Francis P. Farquhar, 1887-1974, at the memorial service held in Tilden Park, Berkeley, California : typescript, 1974 Dec. 8 / Nicholas B. Clinch. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 54712142 Nicholas Clinch (1930- ) is regarded as one of America's most successful ex...