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Pat Morrow
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Pat’s photographic career took off when he scaled Mount Everest in 1982 as the photographer for Canada’s first and widely publicized expedition to that mountain. He continued a global climbing spree to the highest peak on every continent, becoming the first to complete the climber’s version of the Seven Summits (which includes Irian Jaya’s Carstensz Pyramid) in 1986. His book, "Beyond Everest: Quest for the Seven Summits", documents that hallmark adventure.
In recognition of these achievements, he received the Order of Canada in 1988 and the Summit of Excellence at the 1990 Banff Mountain Film Festival. Pat and his wife Baiba travelled the world for three decades on adventure assignments for publishers and broadcasters, and some of the work you see here represents those years on the road. Also, some videos created by friend and mentor Art Twomey who kindled Pat's interest in habitat conservation worldwide. Enjoy!
In recognition of these achievements, he received the Order of Canada in 1988 and the Summit of Excellence at the 1990 Banff Mountain Film Festival. Pat and his wife Baiba travelled the world for three decades on adventure assignments for publishers and broadcasters, and some of the work you see here represents those years on the road. Also, some videos created by friend and mentor Art Twomey who kindled Pat's interest in habitat conservation worldwide. Enjoy!
Horsethief Creek In Full Spate, August 31, 2024
Like many other drainages in the Purcells, Horsethief Creek has experienced high water for much of the summer.
Previously, full spate (peak water flow due to glacial melt) occurred during late spring and early summer.
Now, glacial melt is occurring throughout the summer and even extending into the fall.
I find that while staring at this video sequence, the swirling visual effect of the silt-laden water fed by the rapidly melting Starbird Glacier makes me nauseous.
As does the prediction by researchers that, in the nearby Rockies, 95% of its glaciers could disappear by the end of the century.
Previously, full spate (peak water flow due to glacial melt) occurred during late spring and early summer.
Now, glacial melt is occurring throughout the summer and even extending into the fall.
I find that while staring at this video sequence, the swirling visual effect of the silt-laden water fed by the rapidly melting Starbird Glacier makes me nauseous.
As does the prediction by researchers that, in the nearby Rockies, 95% of its glaciers could disappear by the end of the century.
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Square Dance for the Wild
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Square Dance fund raiser for Wildsight Invermere at Columbia Valley Center, Invermere, BC - Leslie Gotfrit, Dance Caller extraordinaire, and musicians "The Hip To Be Square Collective". www.LeslieGotfrit.com
Tibet-style Canadian Wedding
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Fueled by lively conversations and crisp, year-old chang brewed by Nima Dorjee's mom, we stayed up well past our bedtime at Tenchoe Dorjee and Jamie Hilland’s wedding in Calgary, AB. Friends and rellies celebrated in grand Tibetan style, dancing to spirited traditional wedding melodies performed by Tsering Gyurmey, a recording artist based in Kathmandu.
Ol' Farts Expedition to Nepal, October, 2000
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Having been to the Himalaya many times on climbing and trekking expeditions, Baiba and i launched a trek to the Khumbu region and invited close friends from Canada who had one way or another helped us along the many paths that took us to Nepal in the first place. We were able to wrangle our old friends Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa and Ang Nima Sherpa to expedite and lead the trek which took us past t...
Spring Backcountry Skiing At Its Best....in the Purcells
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Avvy conditions were off the charts when John Niddrie, Brian Nesbitt, Pat Bates and I left for a ski week in the northern Purcell Range of British Columbia. Luckily, cool overnight temperatures tightened up the snowpack, offering rapid transit on firm schnee. Which emboldened us to ski any slope that would appeal to yer garden variety septuagenarian. On a long day tour we followed wolverine tra...
Shishapangma - Ski from the Death Zone, 2000
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"Shishapangma - Ski from the Death Zone" is a documentary about high altitude alpinism that takes place on Tibet's 8,027 m Shishapangma in 2000. It was part of the series Adventure Quest - Danger Diaries produced by American Adventure Productions. I was invited by John Wilcox, CEO of AAP in Aspen, CO, to film the Marolt brothers, and their friend Jim Gile's attempt to become the first Americans...
Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada
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The stage play, Elizabeth Parker and the Alpine Club of Canada, was a collaborative production between the Alpine Club of Canada and Parks Canada’s theatre troupe, Mountain WIT. It traces the origins of the ACC through its co-founder: journalist and mountain lover, Elizabeth Parker. Though she never reached a mountain summit, she inspired generations to do so. Written and performed by Laurie Sc...
We Overslept...
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...but still managed to arrive in time for the tailgate party 😎 @PatMorrow
Ridgewalkin' In the Purcells
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One slavishly ticks their way through the “100 Crowded Hikes of ” guidebooks, but at some point, a revelation bubbles up: look beyond the known and appreciate the natural world for what it is…a wonderful invitation to deep dive into self discovery, and twig onto the fact that there is more than one way to get there. This one involved an aberration onto a ridge walk in the Purcell Range with Bla...
And the beat goes on
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The most famous and familiar woodpecker sounds aren't songs or calls, but drumming, which is also called rapping, tatting, and tattooing. Woodpeckers (in this case, a Pileated, the largest species in North America) peck on objects to create sound patterns as communication. Resonant objects such as hollow trees, logs, stumps and metal-wrapped power poles and chimneys are favoured for drumming be...
Beaverfoot Range, Canadian Rockies
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We were led into alluring new terrain by the Golden contingent (Jeff, Joan, Bob, Ken and Ross) on a stiff romp in the front ranges. A no-nonsense trail (no switchbacks) and a few moves here and there on decent limestone and quartzite lead us to an overview of the Beaverfoot valley. rock 🔛
Falls
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As you follow the rainbows through the mist in this little video, keep in mind that the world’s fresh water supply is rapidly being depleted, and polluted beyond reparation - as such, every day deserves to be acknowledged as International Water Day. Over-population/consumption and lack of capacity, oversight and accountability has triggered a worldwide collapse of the environment - if we pause ...
Ski Touring with Meghan
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Backcountry skiing in the Purcell Range of British Columbia with Meghan Anderson, on a warmish spring day - a typical day-long outing that took us into the alpine, alongside a glacier covered in a thin skin of snow, and a "powderful" descent through alpine larches.
Tiptoeing Through the Backcountry...on touring skis
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Given the heightened avalanche conditions, John and i gravitated toward low angled, low consequence terrain.
Cape Breton Skier Comes To The Rockies
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I explored the highlands of Cape Breton Island on skis pre covid with a cadre of backcountry enthusiasts, and was finally able to return the “flavour” to our ringleader here in the Rottenies. Too bad the kitchen parties at Fairview Manor aren’t quite as lively as on the Island, @back_country_cape_breton_ . Especially when the hosts start dimming the lights at 8 p.m. 😉 #DPSPagodaTour #backcountr...
Fire & Ice Event On Farnham Glacier - Wildsight Invermere
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Fire & Ice Event On Farnham Glacier - Wildsight Invermere
Paul Walde/Kiara Lynch Requiem Introduction
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Paul Walde/Kiara Lynch Requiem Introduction
Follow Your Feet...with ACMG hiking guide Andrea Petzold
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Follow Your Feet...with ACMG hiking guide Andrea Petzold
Edible Plants in the Purcell Range of British Columbia 1974
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Edible Plants in the Purcell Range of British Columbia 1974
Basic Health International - in the Karakoram Range
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Basic Health International - in the Karakoram Range
Boring. Couldn’t finish watching.
Why does everyone take this same old route??! 😂🤣
Hats off to all of you u. Why?
They summit Everest in October? Lucky the monsoon didst bury them all alive😂 Great film!
Hey Aspen! I was born in Aspen and raised in Basalt! This is bringing back some great memories!!! Well, that bit in the beginning 😂.
Do-si-do. Pat knows a good time when he sees it.
I've been watching a lot of these videos, but things is like THE OG's. Today, it's nothing like it was back in the day. They trailed the way.
Sorry had to stop at 01:55... just madness
Beautiful celebration for a beautiful couple. Congratulations!!
Thanks for all the content pat.really enjoyed this kudos buddy
This was a well put together video! I like the personal interviews and the tenacity of the Sherpa, the REAL HEROES of Everest!
Excellent content
Great documentary,so much admiration for mountaineers
October????
the permit was for post monsoon
Thank you for sharing this, it was fascinating to see. Prayers to the people that were lost along the way.
what a masterpiece
LOVED watching this Pat!! Brought back so many deep wonderful memories of my days up in them thar mountains! You captured lots of great images and as always, I love your cheeky sense of humor!! ;-)
The sound is skipping for me a lot. Not sure if it is the video or bad internet. Haha. Loved reliving the Himalayas through the video, Pat:) Thanks for sharing your adventure. - Jill Amatt
the music is skipping, but luckily the dialogue is clean....unfortunately the music is melded into the dialogue and since i don't have the original edit program and tapes, nearly impossible to correct in this version.
Cheers pat . Looks beautiful
Nice video Pat. Looks like a great time!!
I wonder how mang people have died by the hands of others up there
Would have been better if they had more video on Everest instead of a bunch of pictures
i totally agree - in a perfect world there would have been video all the way to the top...but this was 1982, and i was using a prototype video camera whose batteries couldn't handle the cold - the unit died at the South Col (-25 mas o menos), and i shot stills from there on up....these days, a higher quality video can be shot all the way to the top using a smart phone...if you're fit enough, can withstand the cold and rarefied atmosphere, and motivated enough to dig the recording device out when you're freezing your ass waiting for a conga line of affluent tourists jumaring up a rope that was fixed by Sherpas....
@@PatMorrow haha, no man… I’m over here judging from the comfort of my couch while eating junk food. Don’t mind me, I recently have been hooked on climbing videos and especially Everest documentaries living vicariously through brave people such as yourself’s adventures. Thank you for sharing this with the world and I am grateful for the content and glad you followed your dreams while staying safe as well.
Glad you posted this vid. We can all see what Everest looked liked before people started leaving their crap on the mountain. 💩
*promo sm* 😚
just AWESOME......nicely done ....from an old KAHRU SKIER....THE Finnster........namaste
this film pretty much dates us back in the "stoned" age, eh Finn? 😉
Why dont you stay in your first world country? You should show a little respect for under developed countries.
I presume you’re referring to the peevish comments made by one of the skiers early in the film about the challenges of third world travel…this attitude is not uncommon among present day pro jocks who are drawn to foreign countries not by the allure of the culture but rather for exotic photo ops to appease their sponsors.
Its alittle fed up Hillary and tensing were the first but we dont hear about the other climbers who had just a big of a hand something bigger. Plus without them and the sherpas wont have gotten there..i guess that life. Nothings fair
Our trip was after your trip. I recall Art and Margie speaking of the trip with yourself and your spouse, in addition to previous trips in the area they had done, while lounging around camp in the evenings. St. Mary's Alpine Park is a gem of an area. The last couple of days of the trip was spent at a hot spring. I wish I could recall the name of the drainage / river the hot spring was on. . Do you know the name of the hot spring that I speak of, and can you access that hot spring in the summer months. I've always enjoyed the articles and stories that you authored in Canadian Geograhic. Fair Winds from Nova Scotia.
Dewar Creek hotspring...which you can hike to on a trapper's trail in summer. Have you tried ski touring on Cape Breton? some great turns to be had right after a snowstorm 😊
@@PatMorrow thank-you providing the name of the hot spring. We lived in Ingonish for several years and did a lot of skiing, hiking, and cycling in the area. The skiing was always short lived after a good dump of snow. It would always rain when the skiing was good, and then it would freeze and make for hard crusty skiing. Even the moose would flee the backcountry and hang out on the highway to get away from the horrible snow conditions in the backcountry. We want to do a road trip to BC in our truck camper, and Dewar Creek Hotspring is on our to do list for that trip. Fair Winds.
Skied the KARHU XCD with 75 mm 3pin binding back in the early 80's, with the Scarpa boot with one buckle. My wife and I skied at the Ptarmigan and Boulder Huts in the Purcells in the early 80's with Art TWOMEY and Margie JAMIESON, and the following year did the winter camping trip Art and Margie offered in St.MARY's Alpine Park. John TWEEDY was on that trip also. The video brought back cherished memories of telemark skiing in BC with some wonderful people.
thanks for bringing back the fond memories Terry - Baiba and i, and our friend Martyn were on a trip with Art and Margie in St. Mary's alpine park in that time period - ring any bells?
Safe to say, next to no one goes here, annually. Have you been Pat? I'll be doing a trek in there hopefully the first weekend of Oct. this year.
i've been into the park, and conservancy several times...around the time these films were made...with Art Twomey, and other climbing/skiing friends. and as you indicate, it is still seldom visited... by bipeds 😉
So awesome to see and hear Art. Remember his big beaming smile. They just fixed up the road to one access into the park.
Did not know Canadians had climbed Pumori prior to this expedition. Difficult & technical climb.
I love documentaries that show everything - the conversations as well as the entire climb. Ascend & descent. 🇨🇦 Pat ... do you think that the reason the icefall is climbed in April/May and at night is because it is much more stable due to colder conditions? Also, Adrian Ballinger (during an interview on either Alan Arnett or Tom Pollard) stated that until the Nepal government approves him bringing his team & supplies via helicopter from BC to ABC, he will have to stick to climbing the north side.
the mountain is climbed in pre monsoon because of the warmer temperatures up high and wider window of good weather. and theoretically night time temperatures are colder which lessens the chance of avalanche, but in our case, and notably in 2014 when 16 Sherpas were killed in the same avalanche path, it didn't work that way. re: use of helicopter, why stop at ABC when you can ride a Eurocopter AS350 Squirrel all the way to the top? 😉
This guy Laurie talks like he’s playing a game of pond hockey. Some of these guys seemed like they cooked their brains in the high altitude.
Superb documentary - articulate, intelligent and moving. Also interesting to hear so many British accents in the group. Kudos to those who attempt to summit this mountain. Brave souls.
beautiful; so inspiring! thank you for sharing!
thank you!
Great documentary! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 ❤❤❤
Looks like the narrow ridge in the south fork of Glacier creek. Some nasty spots there...
Fit people .. World needs more
Stunning!!
Good video Pat. We have a pair living close and I love to see them and hear that beat.
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Looks like a great hike and good use of the drone Pat!
There's a MOVIE about this!
Great uploading.was it not very late in climbing season to summit
yes, due to the time lost recovering from the accidents, we were delayed on the upper mountain - and miraculously, got a weather window long enough to allow for 2 summit attempts...
@@PatMorrow thanks for the update pat👍
Hey, Pat that looks like Lower Bugaboo falls. Nice drone footage!
Jim, i cashed in the RRSPs and bought myself an A-Star helicopter that cuts down on approach time and is nimble enough to get me into all kinds of tight situations for photography 😉
Sagamartha is the real name !!!!!
The name "Sagarmatha" was officially recognized by the Government of Nepal in the 1960s, but historically its Tibetan name (on both sides of the border, as the Sherpas are of Tibetan origins) is Chomolungma
Nice video Pat! Looks like you two had a great day. Nice country!!
Thanks Jim...our reverie was interrupted only once or twice when the howl of high power snowmobiles, piloted by highmarking slednecks, wafted up from below.
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One of the best docs on mountaineering!
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