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  • #76: Camp at Seneca Rocks.
  • #77: Pup tents in a farmer's field.
  • #78: This photo was published in an April 1973 article about Duke Watson and Seneca Rocks in Off Belay magazine.
  • #80: Training on an artificial climbing wall. This sort of training also took place at Camp Hale.
  • #85: This climber appears to be wearing klettershue (special rock climbing boots), which were not issued by the army. He may have had these as a personal possession.
  • #87: Belayer is probably Norman Lindhjem from Oregon. This photo was published in an April 1973 article about Duke Watson and Seneca Rocks in Off Belay magazine.
  • #99: Lt. John McCown from Philadelphia. McCown commanded the Seneca Rocks climbing school before Duke Watson arrived. Col. Bob Works replaced McCown with Watson and McCown returned to Camp Hale. McCown was killed during the attack on Riva Ridge in Italy.
  • #100: Col. Bob Works in foreground.
  • #104: Probably engineer training at Elkins, practicing a river ford.

 

 

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Box B - Mountain Troop Prints

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A manila folder contains photocopies of photos of mountain troops on Mt Rainier in 1941-42. Most of the photos are from the Denver Public Library's Western History Collection. Some unidentified photos are probably from the Rainier National Park archives at Longmire.

 

 

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Box C - Climbing and Hiking, North Cascades

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Box E - Hiking and Climbing, B.C., Montana

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Box F - Ski Tours, B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Yellowstone

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Journals and Other Publications

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