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2016 American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner Antarctic Mountaineering Panel FEATURING Brian Marts - Bill Long - Nick Clinch - Eiichi Fukushima - Sam Silverstein - Damien Gildea Moderated by Conrad Anker AAMEs 1966/67 Penguin pennant

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2016 American Alpine Club Annual Benefit Dinner Antarctic Mountaineering Panel

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FEATURING

Brian Marts - Bill Long - Nick Clinch - Eiichi Fukushima - Sam Silverstein - Damien Gildea

Moderated by Conrad Anker

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AAME’s 1966/67 Penguin pennant and patch.

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John Evans - Dick Wahlstrom - Nick Clinch - Barry Corbet - Pete Schoening Charley Hollister - Sam Silverstein - Brian Marts - Bill Long - Eiichi Fukushima

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  • Mt. Gardner, Mt. Tyree, Mt. Epperly, Mt. Shinn

(15,370’) (15,919’) (14,301’) (15,292)

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  • Mt. Shinn
  • Mt. Vinson

(15,292’) (16,050’)

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IT’S ALL OURS TO EXPLORE AND CLIMB!

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  • Mt. Vinson Mt. Silverstein

(16,049’) (15,715’)

  • Mt. Shinn

(15,289’)

  • Mt. Epperly

(14,790’) Base Camp (~7,000’)

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First ascent Mt. Vinson December 18, 1966. First Ascent Pete Schoening (left), John Evans (right), Barry Corbet, Bill Long Second Ascent December 19, 1966 Charley Hollister, Eiichi Fukushima, Brian Marts Third Ascent December 20, 1966 Nick Clinch, Sam Silverstein, Dick Wahlstrom

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Antarctic Treaty System – 1959 Main objective: To ensure in the interests of all humankind that Antarctica forever be used exclusively for peaceful purposes.

Original signers: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, USSR, United States

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  • Military activity, such as weapons testing, prohibited.
  • Freedom of scientific investigation and cooperation.
  • Free exchange of information and personnel in

cooperation with the United Nations and other international agencies.

  • No territorial claims recognized.
  • Nuclear testing and disposal of nuclear wastes

prohibited.

Antarctic Treaty Provisions

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  • Mt. Gardner Base Camp – John Evans uses a black tarp to melt

water for a refreshing and much needed warm bath.

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  • Mt. Ostenso

13,711’

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  • Mt. Long Gables

(13,620’)

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Long Gables

Photo: Damien Gildea

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National Geographic – June 1977

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40 years pass by

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John Evans Eiichi Fukushima Brian Marts Sam Silverstein Lisa Schoening Brooke Long

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Barry Corbet Cinematographer – “Ski the Outer Limits.” Author – “Options,” an uplifiting, best-selling account of the ways people with spinal cord injuries make the most of their lives. Founding Editor – “New Mobility,” a magazine for people with spinal cord injuries. Internationally Recognized advocate for the disabled. ACMG Mountain and Ski Guide – 1st ski traverse, Bugaboos to Roger’s Pass, Canada, 1958, 1st ascent Denali’s S.W. Rib, 1959, 1st descent “Corbet’s Couloir,” Teton ski area, Mt. Everest, 1963, led Hornbein’s Couloir to 27,500’, 1st ascents Antarctica 1966/67 – Mts. Vinson, Shinn, Tyree. Died December 20, 2004

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Charley Hollister

  • Oceanographer
  • Dean of Graduate Studies, Woods

Hole Oceanographic Institution 1979- 89

  • Chief scientist on 21 oceanographic

expeditions – Discovered date of coalescence of N & S Atlantic Oceans,

  • Co-author with Bruce Heezen of “The

Faces of the Deep,” the first full description of the ocean floor and its fauna and flora.

  • Creator of “superstraw”
  • President, American Alpine Club 1973
  • First ascents: Denali, SE Spur 1962,
  • Mts. Gardner, Ostenso, Shinn,

Vinson, Antarctica1966/67

  • Died – August 23, 1999.
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Pete Schoening

  • Chemical engineer
  • Internationally known for

the belay that arrested the fall

  • n steep ice of 6 members of

the 1953 American K2 expedition.

  • 1st ascent with Andrew

Kauffman of Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak), Karakoram Range, Pakistan 1958.

  • 1st ascents Mts. Gardner,

Long Gables, Shinn, Vinson, Antarctica 1966.

  • Climbing leader, American

Alpine Club Expedition to the International Camp, Pamir Mtns 1974.

  • Co-recipient, AAC’s David A.

Sowles Memorial Award for assisting fellow climbers imperiled in the Mountains, 1981.

  • Died – December 22, 2004
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Dick Wahlstrom

  • Insurance actuary
  • Bronze medalist, four man shell

with coxswain, 1952 Olympics

  • Mountaineering:

New route and 2nd ascent,

  • Mt. Blackburn, Wrangell Mts.,

1st ascent “Success Finger,”

  • Mt. Rainier, 1st ascent, Mts.

Gardner, Ostenso, Shinn, Vinson, Antarctica 1966/67.

  • Died December 19, 2003.
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Sentinel Range from the South

Nimitz Glacier

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DAMIEN GILDEA Vinson Base Camp Branscomb Glacier December 2006

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Clinch Pk. Gildea Glacier Silverstein Pk (15,741’) Fukushima Pk (15,203’)

  • Mt. Vinson

(16,007’)

Wahlstrom Pk (15,344’) Corbet Pk (15,820’) Schoening Pk (15,558’) Clinch Pk (15,882’) Hollister Pk (15,515’)

Gildea Glacier

Marts Pk (14,931’)

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Lisa Schoening

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