Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.017.013 |
Object Name |
Videodisc, Digital |
Scope & Content |
Scott Kimball's distinguished climbing career included climbing, route development, guiding, authoring climbing related guidebooks, and writing magazine articles. Scott began climbing in the Estes Park area in 1973 and is credited with an impressive 145 first assents as free climbs. He researched, photographed, graded climbs, and then authored four different guide books as listed following this abstract. His writing has also been featured in different climbing magazines. Scott was a guide for both Fantasy Ridge and the Colorado Mountain School. This interview also describes the development of sport climbing especially at the Crags and reflects upon the transition from guide books to modern electronic climbing forums. Thath-Aa-Ai-Atah - A Rock Climber's and Scrambler's Guide to the Lumpy Ridge Area, authored with Chip Salaun, 1980; Lumpy Ridge and Estes Park Rock Climbs, 1986; Solitary Summits, A Climber's Guide to the Less Visited Rocks of Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt National Forest, Estes Park, CO, illustrated by Annegret Wroblewski, 1982; Longs Peak Free Climber, 1984. |
Narrator's name |
Kimball, Scott |
Interview date |
2016-11-12 |
Interviewer |
Mittleman, Alicia |
Interview place |
Kimball home, Estes Park, Colorado |
Caption |
Scott Kimball oral history interview |
Length of Interview |
52:09 |
Recording media |
Digital recording |
Search Terms |
Rock Climbing Rocky Mountain National Park Lumpy Ridge Crags, The |
Subjects |
Rock climbing Mountaineering Adventure Rocky Mountain National Park Route development |
Transcript location |
Digital File |
People |
Araganbright, Nathan Donahue, Mike Dunn, Jimmy Erickson, Jim Ferguson, Duncan Fricke Jr., Walter W. Hanken, George Hansen, Tim Harrison, Carl Hix, Charles Hornbein, Tom Kimball, Scott Kimball, Uri Kor, Layton McGregor, Muriel Mittelman, Alicia Neary, Michael Normali, Frank Phipps, Steve Reveley, Christopher Salaun, Chip Sapp, Gary Snively, Douglas Swanson, K.C. Syphax, Freddy Westbay, Billy Wroblewski, Annegret Wylie, Bill |
Custom Field 22 |
Scott Kimball oral history transcript |
Transcriptionist |
Williams, Tom |
Updated |
2023-01-31 |
Date |
November 12, 2013 |