Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.017.010 |
Object Name |
Videodisc, Digital |
Scope & Content |
Visual recording of an interview of Harry Kent by Alicia Mittelman. ABSTRACT: Harry Kent first experienced rock climbing as a 6th grader in his native Massachusetts. When still in high school he first experienced Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, first climbing with his friend Keith Lober. That early experience led to a lifelong overriding and all-encompassing passion for climbing. Mr. Kent has been an active member of the Estes Park climbing community since his late teens. The interview names many well-known Estes Park climbers and describes his many rock climbing achievements. Harry Kent shares the training, challenge and emotion of his record climb, along with Keith Lober, of the first American winter assent of the north face of the Eiger in the Alps. Harry describes the personal journey of self-discovery which is at the core of the climbing experience. As a climber he reflects on the emotion of the intimate experience with real nature, touching the stone and moving on those mountain surfaces. Mr. Kent shares his climbing experience as a vehicle for personal growth and development through the successful Kent Mountain Adventure Center in Estes Park; a youth focused rock climbing school founded in 1987. |
Narrator's name |
Kent, Harry |
Interview date |
2013-03-07 |
Interviewer |
Mittelman, Alicia |
Interview place |
Kent Home, Estes Park, Colorado |
Caption |
Harry Kent |
Length of Interview |
59:26 |
Recording media |
Digital recording |
Search Terms |
Rocky Mountain National Park Eiger, The climbing |
Subjects |
Rock climbing Mountaineering Adventure Rocky Mountain National Park Route development |
Transcript location |
Attached as multimedia link |
People |
Bridwell, Jim Covington, Michael Donahue, Mike Kent, Harry Kent, Jeff Kent, Katie Booker Kent, Ray Komito, Steve Laird, Dennis Lattick, Joe Lober, Keith McClure, Dan Mittelman, Alicia Page, Rich Reveley, Christopher Salaun, Chip Snively, Douglas Westbay, Billy |
Custom Field 22 |
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Transcriptionist |
Williams, Tom |
Updated |
2024-02-22 |
Date |
March 7, 2013 |