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Alex Douglas Fonds Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps
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1985 Whistler Summer Ski Camp with Dave Muray

Item is a pamphlet advertising the 1985 Whistler Summer Ski Camp with Dave Murray. It includes information on coaches and staff, accommodations, activities, programs, dates, age limits, schedule, and transportation. A registration form is attached at the back. The pamphlet has full-colour photographs throughout, including one of Dave Murray skiing on the front.

Mountain Moments

Alex Douglas Fonds

  • ADOUGLAS
  • Fonds
  • 1940-2016

This fonds consists of photographs, documents, audiovisual material and a tape relating primarily to the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps held on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains (especially during the 1970s-1990s when donor Alex Douglas worked there). Additional material relates to skiing in the Whistler area and in general.

Alex Talking Tapes - Triathlon & A Day in the Life at Whistler

File is a cassette tape featuring Alex Douglas talking about an average day in the life of a staff member at the Dave Murray (or possibly Toni Sailer) Summer Ski Camp, as well as a triathlon he ran in Vancouver.

  • A Side: Opens with discussion of windsurfing, jam-making, picking and stewing fruit. First half of "A Day in the Life at Whistler" - wake-up, breakfast at "Nasty Jack's," preparing the campers for the day, gondola/chair ride, hike up to glacier, skiing, daily tasks (salting snow, shovelling), helping campers, getting everyone off hill, afternoon activities, lunch, discipline, supper.

  • B Side: Second half of "A Day in the Life at Whistler" - meetings, afternoon activities (volleyball, sauna, frisbee), bedtime, counsellor meetings, dealing with difficult campers, staff duties, working airport duty, dance on last night of camp, adults' camp, movie nights, friendships made at camp. Also discusses his participation in a triathlon held in Vancouver.

Articles, Report, and Signatures

File consists of two magazine articles, a report, and a series of signed papers relating to the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps.

  • 001 - Magazine article, "A letter from camp," by Michel Beaudry, Ski Canada magazine, 1986 or 1987, 4 pages.
  • 002 - Magazine article, "Camp really is for kids," by Leslee Jaquette, Ski Canada magazine, spring 1993, 4 pages.
  • 003 - Report on the 1972 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp at Whistler Mountain, British Columbia, Canada, by Roy A. Ferris and Alan White, August 1972, 3 pages.
  • 004 - 6 papers with Toni Sailer Summer Ski camp letterhead, with message to 'Axel' (Alex Douglas) thanking him for his help with the year's first adult ski session, and bearing signatures from camp participants, July 17 1981.

Atomic Dachstein Dave Murray Whistler Summer Ski Camp 88

Item is a pamphlet for the Dave Murray Whistler Summer Ski Camp of 1988, containing information on junior and adult sessions, travel arrangements, coaches and staff, and camp activities. A registration form is included. The front cover has an image of Dave Murray skiing.

Atomic Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp

Item is a pamphlet for the Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp, containing information on junior and adult camps, travel arrangements, coaches and staff, and camp activities. It also announces the death of Dave Murray on October 23, 1990, and states that the camp will continue on in his memory. A registration form is included. The front cover is red with an image of Dave Murray skiing.

Audio Material

Series consists of a cassette tape featuring Alex Douglas talking about the [Dave Murray] Summer Ski Camp and a triathlon in Vancouver.

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