Archive Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.017.019 |
Object Name |
Videodisc, Digital |
Scope & Content |
Topher Donahue shares many insights into the nature and individual goals of climbing. Mr. Donahue was born in Wild Basin and is the son of one of Estes Parks' influential climbing families, Mike and Peggy Donahue who owned the Colorado Mountain School for many years. He is the third generation of his family to have climbed Longs Peak at seven years of age or younger. Topher is an accomplished local and international climber, especially in the world of free climbing, who started climbing as a child and began guiding at the astounding young age of fourteen. He examines the important concepts of a sense of discovery, experience, creativity and adventure as consummate personal climbing goals and achievements as opposed to just ever increasing standards as the only goal in climbing. He also comments on the juxtaposition of the perceived dangers of climbing with the dangers of many of the day to day lifestyle choices made in our culture. Topher now climbs with his children, the fourth generation, as they pursue the great adventure of "climbsploring", a term coined by those children, which very much encapsulates Mr. Donahue's overall climbing philosophy. |
Narrator's name |
Donahue, Topher |
Interview date |
2014-02-25 |
Interviewer |
Hoerner, Bryon |
Interview place |
Donahue home, Nederland, Colorado |
Length of Interview |
1:08:57 |
Recording media |
Digital recording |
Search Terms |
Rock Climbing Rocky Mountain National Park Lumpy Ridge Ice Climbing |
Subjects |
Rock climbing Mountaineering Adventure Rocky Mountain National Park Route development |
Transcript location |
Digital File |
People |
Caldwell, Tommy Cordes, Kelly Donahue, Mike Donahue, Peggy Donahue, Topher Harding, Warren Hoerner, Bryon Honnold, Alex Kor, Layton Lober, Keith Messner, Reinhold Pennings, Mike Robbins, Royal Shackleton, Ernest |
Custom Field 22 |
Topher Donahue Oral History Transcript |
Transcriptionist |
Williams, Tom |
Updated |
2024-01-30 |
Date |
February 25, 2014 |