photo by Robin Song

Roger Robinson, the mountain ranger with experience in the Alaska Range since the seventies, talks to host Maureen McLaughlin about his early years in climbing, his first climbs in Alaska, and settling in to the area as he made mountaineering his profession as well as his passion.  This is an archived program, originally aired in the fall of 2009.  Audio runs about a half hour.

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After years of planning, Talkeetna resident and Denali climbing ranger Roger Robinson, will finally see his efforts pay off.  This weekend, the American Alpine Club is host to an unusual worldwide conference of park managers and scientists. The discussion centers on how to manage and deal with human waste in wild places like Mt. Kilimanjaro, Denali and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Four climbers from Talkeetna and Anchorage had a special purpose when they climbed Denali this May. They were climbing with the intent to raise money for an orphanage in Africa.

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An unusual worldwide conference is in the planning for the end of July in Golden, Colorado.  Talkeetna resident and Denali climbing ranger Roger Robinson has been organizing the conference on human waste issues in remote areas for over 3 years.  The conference, Exit Strategies: Managing Human Waste in the Wild, will bring together interpreters, managers and scientists from 11 different countries and the U.S.

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In this episode, producer Sue Deyoe speaks with climbing ranger Roger Robinson about the Clean Mountain Can project.

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Researchers with the University of Maine, Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire recently mingled with recreational climbers at Mt. McKinley’s Kahiltna base camp. Their mission was not to reach the summit of Denali, but to find ice old enough to reveal climate history.

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