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![Albert Ellingwood: Colorado's First Real Climber](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/396ca8_a275ae353c1a486ab17dbe82620d097d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/396ca8_a275ae353c1a486ab17dbe82620d097d~mv2.webp)
Albert Ellingwood: Colorado's First Real Climber
Technical climbing in Colorado began with Albert Ellingwood, a political science professor at Colorado College. Ellingwood, born in Iowa in
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![Jimmie Dunn Climbs Anaconda at Garden of the Gods in 1976](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/396ca8_2feb93090dbb4218888edd0e31647216~mv2_d_3359_2181_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_319,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/396ca8_2feb93090dbb4218888edd0e31647216~mv2_d_3359_2181_s_2.webp)
Jimmie Dunn Climbs Anaconda at Garden of the Gods in 1976
I've been scanning some of my black-and-white photographs and found this portrait I took of Jimmie Dunn in 1976 at the base of Anaconda...