Well-known mountaineer Gerald McDonnell will be posthumously honored in September with the gold medal International Alpine Solidarity Award. The recognition will be awarded to the family of McDonnell in Pinzolo, Italy. (more…)
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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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Two Chinook helicopters from Fort Wainwright assisted in a medical evacuation on Mt. McKinley Wednesday. The rescue not only involved climbing rangers and theB Company, 1st Battlion, but also Alaska State Troopers. The 24 year old Pennsylvania man was taken to Fairbanks for evaluation.
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The month of June was mostly poor weather at Denali’s basecamp. A number of no-fly days created a backlog of climbers trying to get off the mountain and a waiting list in Talkeetna for those trying to get up to basecamp.Producer Sue Deyoe speaks with climbing ranger Chris Erickson about weather.
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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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In this Report, producer Sue Deyoe looks at a special team visiting from Kyrgyzstan that learned new rescue techniques from climbing rangers.
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