Mount Garibaldi (B.C.)

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A flying visit to Garibaldi : a story of modern mountaineering

The item is an amateur film. It shows members of the BC Mountaineering Club fly from Jericho Beach, Vancouver, in a Sikorsky S-38 amphibian (Canadian Airways, registration CF-ASO), and land on Garibaldi Lake. Most of the footage depicts the members climbing Mount Garibaldi and resting at the summit.. Returning to the lake, they board the amphibian and fly back to Jericho Beach.

Alex Price interview

RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-12 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: 1905 attempt by Thomas E. Price (H.A. Price's father), along with George Randall, to climb Garibaldi; heavy forest fires turned them back and the two men walked by to Moodyville, North Vancouver, following the Squamish River. In 1906, Atwell King, Arthur Dalton, David Grey and Thomas Price attempt to climb Garibaldi; group climbed to within 300 feet of the summit, but had to stop because of soft slushy snow; next day, the party found that King was snow blind, so they returned to Squamish and thence to Vancouver by steamer. In 1907, first successful ascent of Garibaldi is made; two of the 1906 climbers plus four other men make up the party. T.E. Price couldn't join the party as he had to write a make up exam for McGill University. In 1908, second ascent of Garibaldi was made with T.E. Price. Description of the work T.E. Price carried out as a member of the Garibaldi Park Board. Brief description of H.A. Price's first trip into Garibaldi Park, Black Tusk area, as an 8- or 9-year-old boy. Brief account of successive trips made by H.A. (Alex) Price into Garibaldi Park between 1930 and 1940. One change noted in the park during this time was the construction of Taylor Cabin. Description of H.A. Price's duties as a "packer's flunky" for Garibaldi Park Board packer Alex Munro. Account of T.E. Price's detailed log of the trail from Cheakamus River to Black Tusk Meadow; Alex Munro's expertise as a fly fisherman recounted; an account of H.A. Price's walk from Garibaldi station to Squamish to catch the steamer to Vancouver. TRACK 2: Continuation of trip from Garibaldi station to Squamish; Alex Munro's horse-breaking show.

J. Mills Winram interview

RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1984-03-01 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Description of travel from Vancouver to the Black Tusk Meadows for the 1926 BCMC summer camp; steamship to Squamish; steam engine; in open car decks, to Daisy Lake and hike up the trail; first impression of the Black Tusk area; comments about the people who attended the camp. Description of trips made by Mills Winram and others to climb: Black Tusk; Table; Garibaldi; Castle Towers; and Sentinel Mountain (now Guard Mountain). Discussion of the first ascent of Glacier Pikes, made in 1926. Description of Plane Tabling, carried out by Neil Carter. Description of clothing and equipment used during the 1926 camp: boots, puttees, coats. TRACK 2: Continuation of description of clothing and equipment, packs, blankets, sleeping bags; socks; description of survival food, the ration bag, first aid equipment; description of camp meals.