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Chandler, Charles "Charlie" Ernest

  • US-WI-CCE001
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1908-1946

Charles "Charlie" Ernest Chandler was a trapper who made his home in the Alta Lake area during the first half of the 20th century. He came to the Whistler valley from Wisconsin in 1908 to pre-empt from the Crown about 160 acres on the northern end of Alta Lake. His move to the Whistler valley was meant to give him a fresh start, away from the influences of “the bottle," according to friend and Alta Lake local, Dick Fairhurst. He made a living as a trapper and wilderness/hunting guide, also doing odd jobs for neighbours and the Rainbow Lodge property. His trap lines ran along Wedge Creek all the way to Wedge Pass, and about 1.5 km down Billy Goat Creek on the Lillooet divide. Chandler sold ten acres of land to Alex and Myrtle Philip in 1913, which they would quickly turn into the famed Rainbow Lodge property. Chandler himself moved further North along Alta Lake to settle in the area now known as Alpine Meadows. He built his homestead there, where he lived until his death. In the winter of 1946, Chandler didn’t come to pick up his mail. His friends became concerned and went to check up on him, finding Charlie had had a heart attack and died while sitting in a chair outside his cabin. He was frozen stiff into his chair, and there was nowhere in Whistler to bury him, so he was transported to Rainbow Lodge to catch the train South. Still in his chair, he was loaded onboard a speeder car to Rainbow Lodge, but there was no train scheduled until the following day. His friends at Rainbow Lodge decided to hold a wake in the meantime.

Mahre, Steve

  • US-WA-MS001
  • Pessoa
  • May 10, 1957 -

Steve Mahre is an American alpine ski racer, ski coach, author, and auto racer. He and his twin brother, Phil, competed on the World Cup ski circuit from 1976 to 1984. Steve was born in Yakima, WA alongside his fraternal twin brother, Steve (who is four minutes younger). Phil, Steve, and their seven siblings (four older, three younger) grew up at a ski area; in 1964, their father Dave "Spike" Mahre became the mountain manager for the White Pass ski area, 50 miles (80 km) west of Yakima on US-12, where they moved into a home near the base of the lifts. By the age of 12, the Mahre twins' future was so promising that ski manufacturers were sending them free skis; the next year, Rossignol tried to sign them to a career-long contract, which their father declined. Eventually, they would use skis made by an American company K2 throughout their career. The Mahre twins worked extensively with the company throughout their careers, developing custom race skis ideally suited to their needs. Steve graduated from Naches High School. He was third in the overall World Cup standings in 1982 and fourth in 1981. At the 1982 World Championships, Steve was the gold medalist in the giant slalom in Schladming, Austria. After winning the silver medal in the 1984 Winter Olympic slalom, behind his twin brother, the Mahre twins raced a limited World Cup schedule during the 1984 season and retired from the circuit in early March 1985 at age 26. Steve finished with 9 World Cup wins. In 1985, Phil and his brother released their book, No Hill Too Fast, which chronicles their childhood and World Cup careers and includes a series of instructional sections titled "How to Ski the Mahre Way". That same year, the twins established the Mahre Training Center in Keystone, CO, and continue to run it to this day in Deer Valley, UT. Both Phil and Steve raced on the World Pro Ski Tour under the Coors Light banner. The twins attended the Bob Bondurant School of Driving in the fall of 1988 and began competing in auto racing. They subsequently participated in the Grand American Road Racing Association Koni Challenge series in the Grand Sport class.

McGowan, Dick

  • US-WA-MR001
  • Pessoa
  • July 12, 1933 - February 27, 2007

Richard "Dick" McGowan was an American mountaineer, mountain guide, outdoor and mountain equipment retailer, and entrepreneur who helped start the modern adventure travel industry. He is best remembered today for his Mount Everest expedition in 1955, during which he climbed the Khumbu Ice Fall, thus becoming the first American to set foot on Mount Everest (although he and his team did not reach the summit). Dick grew up in Seattle, WA and graduated with a bachelor's degree in geography from the University of Washington. Dick was a team member on 11 major mountaineering expeditions, including the 1955 Everest trip and first ascents of major peaks in Alaska, Washington, the Yukon Territory, and Pakistan's Karakorum (K1). He also led the first guided climb on Mt. McKinley (a.k.a. Denali), the highest peak in North America. After returning from his Everest Trip in 1955, he worked for ten years as chief mountain guide on Mt. Rainier in Washington. Dick and his wife and business partner, Louise, had three children: Richard Jr., Devi, and Kili. McGowan was also a key figure in the development of modern outdoor gear, and was the first employee of the co-op Recreation Equipment Incorporated (REI), where he worked until his Everest expedition in 1955. Starting in 1963, he opened a group of stores in the Puget Sound area of Seattle that sold climbing and ski gear named The Alpine Hut. He followed that up a year later by getting into the outdoor gear manufacturing business with his Mountain Products company, based in Wenatchee, WA. After selling Mountain Products in 1974, McGowan migrated into the adventure travel business, working as managing partner of the outfitter Mountain Travel from 1976 to 1992. He left the firm after the merger that created industry leader Mountain Travel Sobek. A year after retiring from Mountain Travel, he formed the Berkeley, CA-based African safari company Next Adventure. Dick spent many years as a director of the American Himalayan Foundation, where he served with longtime friend Sir Edmund Hillary. Dick passed away on February 27, 2007 after a long battle with leukemia.

Mahre, Phil

  • US-WA-MP001
  • Pessoa
  • May 10, 1957 -

Phil Mahre is an American former alpine ski racer, ski coach, author, and auto racer. He and his twin brother Steve competed on the World Cup circuit from 1976 to 1984. Phil was born in Yakima, WA alongside his fraternal twin brother, Steve (who is four minutes younger). Phil, Steve, and their seven siblings (four older, three younger) grew up at a ski area; in 1964, their father Dave "Spike" Mahre became the mountain manager for the White Pass ski area, 50 miles (80 km) west of Yakima on US-12, where they moved into a home near the base of the lifts. By the age of 12, the Mahre twins' future was so promising that ski manufacturers were sending them free skis; the next year, Rossignol tried to sign them to a career-long contract, which their father declined. Eventually, they would use skis made by an American company K2 throughout their career. The Mahre twins worked extensively with the company throughout their careers, developing custom race skis ideally suited to their needs. Phil graduated from Naches High School and also played football as a blocking back and linebacker for the Rangers. He earned a spot on the US Ski Team in early 1973 at age 15. He was selected to the "A" team following the 1975 season and made his World Cup debut in December 1975 at Val d'Isère, France. Two months later, he competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, taking fifth in the giant slalom at age 18. He made his first podium in March with a second in a giant slalom at Copper Mountain, CO and finished the 1976 World Cup season in 14th place in the overall standings. He won his first World Cup race the following season, a giant slalom at Val d'Isère in December 1976, and followed it up with a slalom win in March at Sun Valley, defeating the man who became his primary rival, the legendary Swede Ingemar Stenmark, with his twin brother Steve taking third. Mahre finished ninth in the overall standings for 1977. In 1978, he placed second in the overall standings, followed by third in 1979, despite breaking his lower left tibia in early March at the pre-Olympic giant slalom at Whiteface near Lake Placid. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, he took the silver in the slalom behind Stenmark, along with a combined title (not an Olympic event in 1980, but official as a concurrent World Championship title). He again finished third in the overall World Cup standings for 1980, and won the first of four consecutive discipline titles in the combined. Phil narrowly edged out Ingemar Stenmark, who had previously won three consecutive overall titles from 1976 to 1978, by 6 points to win his first World Cup in 1981. Mahre won primarily due to his results in the downhill and combined events, as Stenmark was uncomfortable in the downhill event. In 1982, Phil took the event titles in the giant slalom, slalom, and combined races as well as the overall title. He had eight wins and 20 podium finishes, and his 309 points were well ahead of Stenmark's 211. In 1983, Mahre again beat Stenmark by a large margin for the overall title along with a second straight GS title. At the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo,Phil again medaled in the slalom, taking the gold while Steve won the silver for a Mahre twin 1–2 sweep. Meanwhile, unknown to the racers, Phil's wife, Holly, had given birth to their second child, a son, in Arizona an hour before the race started. Phil did not find out about it until a TV interview after the race. The Mahres won two of the five alpine skiing medals taken by Americans, all from the Northwest. The Mahre twins raced a limited World Cup schedule during the 1984 season, and retired from the circuit in early March at age 26. Phil ended his career with 27 World Cup race victories, at the time second only to Stenmark's 79 wins among men's racers (who ended his career in 1989 with 86 wins), while Steve finished with 9 wins. In 1985, Phil and his brother released their book, No Hill Too Fast, which chronicles their childhood and World Cup careers and includes a series of instructional sections titled "How to Ski the Mahre Way". That same year, the twins established the Mahre Training Center in Keystone, CO, and continue to run it to this day in Deer Valley, Utah. In 1988, Phil jumped to the World Pro Ski Tour, winning the slalom title in 1989. Both he and his brother Steve raced on the World Pro Ski Tour under the Coors Light banner. The twins attended the Bob Bondurant School of Driving in the fall of 1988 and began competing in auto racing. They subsequently participated in the Grand American Road Racing Association Koni Challenge series in the Grand Sport class. In 2006, at the age of 49, Phil Mahre came out of retirement and made another run at qualifying for the US Nationals in skiing by the age of 50. After nearly qualifying for the US National Championships in 2008, Phil Mahre's 2008/2009 season was cut short by a knee injury. On February 9, 2010, Phil was the US torch bearer to carry the 2010 Vancouver torch across the border at the Blaine-Surrey Peace Arch.

A longtime racer on K2 skis during his World Cup career, Mahre attempted to make his comeback using Volant, then Head skis.

Leif Erikson Society

  • US-WA-LEIF-001
  • Entidade coletiva
  • 1997-

The Leif Erikson Society is a Norwegian-American cultural organization based in Seattle, WA. It was formed to give a replica of Seattle’s statue of Leif Erikson to Trondheim, Norway, in 1997 to commemorate the city’s 1,000-year anniversary. After that, many of the same individuals came together to create the Leif Erikson International Foundation (LEIF). In 2000, LEIF helped fund a replica of the same statue for the farmstead of Erik the Red and his son, Leif Erikson, in Brattahlid, Greenland, to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Leif Erikson’s voyage to America. Members of our group participated in the unveiling and their president, Kristine Leander, gave an address to the invited guests, which included the Danish Queen Margrethe and her retinue, the President of Iceland, and the Prime Minister of Greenland, and other dignitaries. In 2000, LEIF also hosted an international conference on Vikings. LEIF’s mission is to promote Leif Erikson as the first recorded European to come to America, promote Scandinavian culture, and build bridges between Scandinavians and Americans. The original Leif Erikson statue was a gift to Seattle from the Norwegian American community and originally unveiled during the Seattle World’s Fair in June 1962. The Leif Erikson League, whose members are now gone, formed an umbrella organization of local Scandinavian-American groups and raised the funds. They gave it to the Port of Seattle, which located it at Shilshole Marina and has maintained it since then. LEIF commissioned a new base for the existing statue and a display of some 850 immigrants’ names. (More names were added in July 2010 and October 2014, for a total of 2,351.) The statue base is a large granite stone approximately six feet high, in the middle of a plaza. It is encircled with upright, runic-like stones, featuring authentic Viking carvings and plaques with the names of immigrants, along with their home towns and years of immigration. The base and tribute display were designed by internationally known artist Jay Haavik, grandson of the former pastor of Ballard First Lutheran Church, the Rev. O. L. Haavik.

Luallin, Cindy

  • US-WA-LC001
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1970s-

Cindy Luallin was a cab driver for Resort Cabs in Whistler in the 2000s. She grew up on Mercer Island, WA, where she attended Mercer Island High School. She went on to study marketing at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX from 1977 to 1980. From 1995 to 2003, she was the director of inside sales for Holland America Line, a cruise ship line. In the 2000s, she moved to Whistler and became a driver for Resort Cabs. From 2008 to 2012, she was a Village Host.

Kintner, Jill

  • US-WA-KJ001
  • Pessoa
  • October 24, 1981-

Jill Kintner is an American professional BMX, four cross, and downhill mountain bike racer. Kintner was born in Burien, WA on October 24, 1981. She began riding BMX in July 1989 at seven years of age; her father owned his own BMX track in Washington. She claimed her first national win in the combined 7–8 Girls Class at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Great Northwest Nationals in Sumner, WA, on August 17, 1990; it was her first national-level race. At the age of nine in 1990, she received her first sponsorship from the Bike Factory, and turned professional in 1995 at 14 years of age. She began competing professionally at age 14 and captured more than 70 BMX wins. Beyond biking, Jill is passionate about design and illustration. She went to school at RIT in New York City, NY and CCA in San Francisco, CA to study graphic design, but put school on hold to pursue her professional biking dreams. In 1997, she began racing downhill mountain bikes part-time. In April 2004, she made the switch to full-time competition in downhill mountain bike racing. In 2006, Mike King, a former BMX and mountain bike racer, then director of BMX for USA Cycling, urged her to return to BMX riding, and in 2007 she did so, with the added prospect of possibly participating in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Jill came out of BMX retirement in early 2007, ostensibly to supplement her four cross training. She won her first post-comeback race on her first attempt. Despite a serious knee injury, Kintner continued to pursue success in BMX riding. With the objective of being included in the US BMX team for the 2008 Olympics, Kintner switched to BMX riding full-time. On June 2, 2008, she won a spot on the team after coming in sixth at the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Championships held in Taiyuan, China, out of a field of 32 racers, making the top 16. Kintner relocated to San Diego, CA, in order to train at the Olympic Training Center. She went on to win the bronze medal in BMX racing at the 2008 Olympic Games. Kintner stated it was highly unlikely that she would return for the 2012 Olympics. Since then, she has excelled in mountain biking, in which she has competed in several disciplines: four cross, slalom, downhill, pumptrack, and Enduro. She holds three consecutive UCI 4X Mountain Bike World Championships, 15 World Cup wins, 5 Crankworx World titles, several Downhill World Cup podiums, Pumptrack World titles, EWS Enduro stage wins, six Sea Otter championships, and 25 Elite USA National Championships. She also holds her IMBA Level 2 Skills Instructor mountain biking accreditation, and has worked as a consultant for the building of pumptracks. Kintner coaches camps for women and works to help bring up the next generation of riders. In 2013, Kintner married Australian downhill mountain biker Bryn Atkinson. She currently lives in Bellingham, WA, and is sponsored by Red Bull and Norco.

Ketcham, Hank H. (III)

  • US-WA-KHH001
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1980s-

Henry "Hank" H. Ketcham III is the CEO and chair of the board of directors of West Fraser Timber Co., Canada's second largest sawmill and lumber company, based in Vancouver. Hank is the son of one of the company's co-founders; West Fraser was founded in 1955 by Sam, Bill, and Pete Ketcham - three brothers from Seattle, WA. Hank was groomed for the role of CEO; he began at West Fraser by working as a mill hand, then in the shipping department, then as a manager of the company's Dawson Creek mill. He attended university at Brown University in Providence, RI and completed his MBA at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. He has been CEO of West Fraser since 1985 and has served as chairman there since 1996.

K2 Sports

  • US-WA-K2S-001
  • Entidade coletiva
  • 1962-

K2 Sports is an American winter sports company headquartered in Seattle, WA. K2 Sports operates the K2 Skis, K2 Snowboarding, K2 Skates, Backcountry Access, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots, and Madshus brands. Founded in 1962 by brothers Bill and Don Kirschner on Vashon Island, WA, K2 is known for pioneering fibreglass ski technology, which made skis significantly lighter and more lively than their wood and metal contemporaries. In 1967, Bill Kirschner named the company K2 (for the world's second-largest mountain and for the two Kirschner brothers, Bill and Don). In late 1969, the company's rapid growth required new capital and Bill Kirschner decided a well-financed partner was necessary. The company was acquired by the Cummins Engine Company of Columbus, IN. In November 1976, the company was acquired by a private group of Northwest investors. The group, called Sitca, purchased K2 and its subsidiary, Jansport. In 1982, company management purchased all outstanding shares of Sitca Corporation from the group of Northwest investors. Management decided to concentrate all resources on the alpine ski market. In September 1985, Anthony Industries, Inc. acquired 100 percent of the stock of Sitca Corporation. Anthony, an NYSE listed company, develops and manufactures products for leisure and recreational markets under many brand names. In 1995, Anthony Industries sold off its Anthony Pools division to its rival, Sylvan Pools, and changed its name to K2, Inc. By 2000, board member Richard Heckmann had assumed control and embarked on a vigorous growth program. In order to remain financially competitive, in 2001 K2 moved its manufacturing from Vashon Island to Guangdong, China, and its offices to Seattle. Thereafter, the company acquired Rawlings Sporting Goods and Worth, a manufacturer of baseball bats; Brass Eagle and Viewloader in the paintball business; Volkl, Marker, and Marmot. On June 22, 2006, K2 announced it was moving its business office from Vashon Island to Seattle's Industrial District. On April 25, 2007, Jarden Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire K2, Inc. for a cash and stock value per share of $15.50. Jarden is controlled by Martin Franklin, a British investor and triathlete. Jarden was later acquired by Newell Brands, who then sold K2 to private equity firm Kohlberg & Company in 2017.

Jones, Herb

  • US-WA-JH001
  • Pessoa
  • fl. 1950s-

Herb Jones was a mountaineer active in the 1950s.

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