from a copy of the 1934 edition of Trail and Timberline and the biography Albert Ellingwood: Scholar of Summits
science at Colorado College,
1913 with new equipment like ropes and pitons and new techniques for belaying that made possible summits like considered “inaccessible” and “unclimbable.”
the summit. Ellingwood, noting
core may still be solid but the
continued to explore the mountainous corners of the state and beyond,
DAN COHEN • GOLDEN, CO Dan Cohen began volunteering with the Henry S. Hall Jr. American Alpine Club Library in late 2010 and has had the opportunity to work with countless rare books and unique archives.
intrepid man’s life.
greatest pioneers in Colorado history, mountaineering or otherwise. climber who was part of my community a hundred years ago. No other library in the world has such a collection of climbing treasures that can
bring back. Who’s next on the shelf? Hermann Buhl •
AAC member
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