A.R. Hart
graduated to active member of the Alpine Club of Canada on the first summer
camp in the
area in 1907. In 1909 he made the first ascent of Glacier
Peak with Val Fynn, L.C.
(Jimmie) Wilson and C.A. Richardson. The following year (1910)
he made the first ascent of Mount Babel with H.H. Worsfold, L.C. Wilson
and Edward Wheeler.
In 1911 he
attended the ACC camp at
.. and in 1912 he joined Edward and Arthur
Wheeler on an expedition to Strathcona Provincial Park on Vancouver
Island where he was one of nine who made the first ascent of the Strathcona
Matterhorn, later renamed Elkhorn.
In 1979 Hart
received the Distinguished Service Award from the ACC.
Sources:
Fynn, Val. "Glacier Peak." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol.
2. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1910. p. 84.
Wheeler,
E.O. "Mount Babel." Canadian Alpine Journal. Vol. 3.
The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1911. p. 73.
Wheeler,
E.O. "Mount Elkhorn, Strathcona Park." Canadian Alpine Journal.
Vol. 5. The Alpine Club of Canada. Banff, Alberta. 1913. p. 44-48.
"The
Wonders of Strathcona Park." Alberni Advocate. [Alberni, B.C.]
(September 6, 1912.) p.1.
top
|