MIKE FAIN UCMC PRINTS ANNOTATION

All photos are by Mike Fain unless noted otherwise. Commentary by Pete Gardiner based in part on correspondence with Bob Kaylor and Mike Fain.

001. Devils Lake, 1957: Pete Gardiner  on Parallel Cracks.

002. Selkirks, 1956: ACC Climber on a snow ridge.

003. Tetons, 1957: Frank Adams on the Grand Teton doing the standard 120' rappel from near the Catwalk to the Upper Saddle. This was the completion of Mike Fain and Frank's ascent of the Upper Exum route.

004. Unidentified ACC climber rappelling in the Bugaboos, B.C. 1959.

005. Selkirks, 1956: Mt. Sir Donald.

006. Bugaboos, 1959: Four ACC climbers silhouetted on a snow ridge in the Bugaboos.

007. Pete Gardiner on the East Ridge of Nez Perce, GTNP. The note on the reverse of the print reads as follows: "Aug 23, 1957. Mike Fain belaying [from the] summit at 4:30. [Descended] in storm. Total of five rappels on climb. Very long climb for one day and first of season. Mike and I in poor shape, exhausted at end of day. Descent via 4th class couloir requiring 120' rappel into darkness."

008. Tetons, 1957: View Southward during an ascent of St. John via the East Ridge: Teewinot-to-Owen ridge, with the Grand rising over the E. Ridge of Owen.

009. Selkirks, 1956: Looking down on four ACC climbers doing a snow ridge.

010. Selkirks, 1956: Same four climbers, much higher on the snow ridge.

011. Selkirks, 1956: Wide view of the glaciated Selkirk peaks.

012. Selkirks, 1956: ACC leader Alex Faberge.

013. Tetons, 1957: View of the Teewinot - Owen Ridge and top section of the Grand East Ridge from higher up on Mt. St. John than #008.

014. Tetons, 1957: Pete Gardiner on Rockchuck. Jackson Lake and Eastward faintly visible through the haze.

015. Tetons, 1957: Frank Knight and Pete Gardiner traversing a "knife-edge" ridge on Rockchuck. Jackson Lake in the background.

016. Tetons, 1957: Pete Gardiner at Rockchuck summit. Jackson Lake in background.

017. Yankee Boy Basin, 1955. Mike Fain belaying from the summit of Teakettle. Potosi and a sea of San Juan peaks in the background.

018. Bugaboos, 1959: Five ACC climbers moving up a glacier.

019. Tetons, 1957: David Fain rappelling from Rockchuck (a storm was approaching).

020. Devils Lake, 1956-7. Lilly Monheit, David Fain (obscured), Pete Gardiner, Audrey Fain. Lunch in the State Park Pavilion near the Lake and the RR track Bluff climbing area.

021. Needles Mtns. / No Name Basin, Weminuche Wilderness, June 1955. Summit of Peak 4, looking SSW. L-R: the low pass leads to Ruby Basin; the peak visible through the low pass is Eolus (part of the Ruby Basin / Chicago Basin divide); then Monitor, Peak 13, Animas and Index.

022. Tetons, 1957: Frank Knight and Peter Gardiner on Rockchuck.

023. Tetons, 1957: Pete Gardiner on the summit of St. John, gazing at the storm enveloping the Grand and Owen (and  headed toward him).

024. Yankee Boy Basin, 1955: from summit of Teakettle looking SouthWest across the basin to the St. Sophia Ridge linking Gilpin, Mendoza, and Chicago peaks.  On the skyline in the distance, slightly left of center, is the distinctive Lizard's Head.
 
025. Crestones (Sangre de Cristo range, South Central Colorado), 1955:  Crestone Needle. The prominent ridge on the right is the Ellingwood Arete, climbed by Mike Fain and John Ohrenschall in 1962.

026. Needles Mtns. / No Name Basin, Weminuche Wilderness, near the head (Easten end) of the basin, 1955.  L-R: the peaks forming the NNE ridge extending from Sunlight: Jagged Mtn., Gray Needle, Peak 10, KnifePoint.

027. Devil's Lake, 1957: Pete Gardiner on Brinton's Crack.

028. Selkirks, 1956: - wide view of the Southern Selkirks, including Sir Donald, Uto and many others.

029. Crestones, 1955: Ellingwood Arete on Crestone Needle.

030. Yankee Boy Basin, 1955: looking West from the summit of Teakettle along the S-shaped ridge connecting to Cirque Mtn. and then Mt. Sneffels. In the distance are peaks on the far side of the Blue Lakes.

031. Tetons, 1957: Frank Knight and Pete Gardiner negotiating an easy but very narrow and exposed  ridge on Rockchuck. Jackson Lake and Jackson Hole in the background.

032.  Needle Mtns. / No Name Basin, 1955. L-R: pass to Ruby Basin; Monitor, Peak 13, Animas, Index. Bill Bryant and Pete Gardiner climbed Animas via the prominent snow couloir diagonaling right, until it curved left; then up the rock.