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How to Climb a Mountain

Name: How to Climb a Mountain
Duration: 30 min

Walford Hewitson

1954 | 30 min

In this short documentary vignette, members of the Alpine Club of Canada display their skill and talk to host Fred Davis about why they climb. The film take us to a ten-thousand-foot peak in Yoho National Park, a practice slope on Grouse Mountain near Vancouver, and a steep precipice known as Devil's Leap, providing ample scope for a demonstration of mountain climbing.

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Credits

director

Walford Hewitson
producer

Robert Anderson
photography

Len Chatwin

Donald Wilder
editing

Marion Meadows

David Mayerovitch
host

Fred Davis

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