• Glen Dawson in the Sierra Nevada in 1931. Glen Dawson (June 3, 1912 – March 22, 2016) was an American rock climber, mountaineer, antiquarian bookseller...
  • Pioneering High Sierra mountaineer Glen Dawson, whose career leapt beyond mountaineering into the excitement of creating technical rock climbing...
  • American Glen Dawson was a leading climber in the 1930s and died on March 22 at the age of 103.
  • Sierra Nevada rock climbing pioneer, Mr. Glen Dawson at 103 years of age Photo by William L. Krause, December 6, 2015.
  • A founding member of both the Ski Mountaineers Section and Rock Climbing Section of the Angeles Chapter, he was the leading Southern California rock climber...
  • They climbed both Michael and Eichorn Minarets, and also made the first ascent of what became Dawson Minaret—the only Sierra feature bearing Glen’s name.
  • His father, Ernest Dawson, was also a climber, antiquarian bookseller, and Sierra Club leader, who served as Sierra Club president from 1934 - 1937.
  • 2-piece linen cloth cover with a front debossed tip-on reproduction of a Dawson bookplate, and back photo of Glen Dawson climbing in Utah’s Zion National...
  • English: A photo of mountaineer Glen Dawson taken in the Sierra Nevada in 1931, from his own personal collection (photographer unknown).
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