In this short documentary vignette, members of the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC) display their skill and talk to host Fred Davis about why they climb.

The film take us to a ten-thousand-foot mountain in Yoho National Park, a practice slope on Grouse Mountain near Vancouver, and the Devil’s Leap, providing ample scope for a demonstration of climbing skills 70 years ago.

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1954 Climbing