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From the Alps to the Cascades. Wolf G. Bauer was born on February 24, 1912, in the Bavarian Alps near the Austrian border. His maternal grandmother’s family, the Eplers, had settled in Seattle before the Great Fire of 1889. However, they sent his mother, Elsbeth, to school in England.
Jan 23, 2016 · The Mountaineers is deeply saddened by the loss of one our longest standing and most distinguished members: Wolf Bauer - pioneer, first-ascensionist, champion skier, sea kayak course and boat innovator, founder of Seattle Mountain Rescue Council, and esteemed conservationist. Wolf passed away on January 23rd, nearly one month shy of his 104 th ...
Jan 24, 2019 · 0 Comments. Wolf Bauer, one of The Mountaineers’ oldest and most distinguished members, passed away on January 23, 2016, a month shy of his 104th birthday. He was born on February 24, 1912. Over the course of his long life, Wolf was honored by his community many times. He was named an Honorary Member of The Mountaineers in 1966, First Citizen ...
Wolf Bauer, 1912 – 2016. Author: Lowell Skoog. Climb Year: 2016. Publication Year: 2017. Pioneering Northwest skier, climber, rescuer, kayaker, and conservationist Wolf Bauer died on January 23, a month shy of his 104th birthday. Born in Bavaria on February 24, 1912, Bauer immigrated to Seattle with his family in 1925.
Jan 27, 2016 · Wolf Bauer, accomplished mountaineer and environmentalist with a passion for teaching and sharing, has died at 103. His work influenced generations of skiers, climbers and kayakers and led to ...
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Wolf Bauer was born on February 24, 1912, in the Bavarian Alps and died on January 23, 2016. He was a German-born American mountaineer and environmentalist. Wolf started the Mountaineers’ first climbing course and helped create the Mountain Rescue Council. Bauer also launched kayaking in the region and was an outstanding skier.
Wolf Bauer. Harry Higman, Wolf’s old scoutmaster, introduced Wolf to foldboating on the lower rivers of Puget Sound after World War II. Foldboating was developed in southern Germany in the 1920s, and Wolf recalled seeing foldboat clubs on the Inn River in Bavaria as a schoolboy. The original “faltboot” was conceived by Hans Klepper of ...
