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Carl Blaurock | |
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| Born | April 22, 1894 |
| Died | February 1, 1993 (aged 98) |
| Alma mater | Colorado School of Mines |
| Occupation | Mountaineer |
| Spouse | Louise Forsyth |
Carl Blaurock (April 22, 1894 – February 1, 1993) was an American mountaineer. He pioneered many climbing routes throughout Colorado and Mount Blaurock (13,616 feet (4,150 metres)) is named after him. Blaurock and climbing partner Bill Ervin were the first to climb all of the 14,000-foot peaks (known as "fourteeners") in the state of Colorado, doing so by 1923.
By 1957, he had also climbed all of the 14,000-foot (4,300-metre) peaks in California as well. In Wyoming, Blaurock participated in the first ascents of Mount Helen, Mount Turret, and Mount Harding along with Hermann Buhl, Elmina Buhl and Albert Ellingwood.[1] In Colorado, he also made the first ascent of Lone Eagle Peak with Stephen H. Hart and Bill Ervin on Labor Day 1929.[2]
In 1912, Blaurock became an early member of the Colorado Mountain Club, but was not a charter member.[3]
- ^ Euser, Barbara (1984). A Climber's Climber: On the Trail With Carl Blaurock. Cordillera Press. ISBN 0-917895-01-0.
- ^ Kingery, Hugh (1988). The Colorado Mountain Club: The First Seventy-Five Years of a Highly Individual Corporation, 1912-1987: Cordillera Press. ISBN 0-917895-25-8.
- ^ Colorado Mountain Club archives, Golden, Colorado