Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Catalog Number |
2014.017.015 |
Object Name |
Videodisc, Digital |
Scope & Content |
Raymond "Ray" Northcutt is a pioneer mountaineer. Ray started climbing in the 1950s and is credited with many first assents and solo assents. Ray instructed climbing and skiing as he served with the famed Tenth Mountain Division of the U.S. Army. Ray describes his five year career as a high school teacher in Montana and Estes Park. The Northcutt/Carter route on Hallett's Peak, the Diagonal Route on the East Face of Longs Peak, the first 5.10d solo assent in the United States, the first solo assent of the Red Garden Wall in Eldorado Canyon, and the Northcutt Direct Route on the Bastille are a few of Ray Northcutt's famous climbs. Ray mentions many other early climbers with special recognition of one of his favorite climbing partners, Layton Kor. |
Narrator's name |
Northcutt, Raymond |
Interview date |
2013-12-06 |
Interviewer |
Mittelman, Alicia |
Interview place |
Estes Park Museum, Estes Park, Colorado |
Length of Interview |
1:28:28 |
Recording media |
Digital recording |
Search Terms |
Rock Climbing Rocky Mountain National Park Eldorado Canyon Hallett Peak |
Subjects |
Rock climbing Mountaineering Adventure Rocky Mountain National Park Route development |
Transcript location |
Digital File |
People |
Ament, Pat Armstrong, Baker Beal, Herman Carter, Harvey Clark, John Colony, Willie Foreman, Ron Gillett, Bernard Godfrey, Bob Jackson, Dal Johnson, Dale Kor, Layton Kurtz, Tony Lamb, George Lloyd, James McGee, Dingus Mittelman, Alicia Northcutt, Nan Northcutt, Ray Rearick, Dave Rebuffat, Gaston Stearnes, Robert Stettner, Joseph Stettner, Paul Wiessner, Fritz |
Custom Field 22 |
Ray Northcutt Oral History Transcript |
Transcriptionist |
Williams, Tom |
Updated |
2024-02-23 |
Date |
December 6, 2013 |