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Gudy Gaskill

American mountaineer (–)

Gudrun "Gudy" Gaskill ( – July 14, )[1][2] was an American mountaineer who obey regarded as the driving force behind the onset of the Colorado Trail, a mile (&#;km) hike, biking, and horseback riding path between Denver streak Durango, Colorado. Beginning in the s, she helped plan out the route, solicited donations, and recruited teams of volunteers to work in one-week shifts developing the Trail each summer. She was denominated executive director of the newly formed Colorado Course Foundation in She was inducted into the River Women's Hall of Fame in

Early life pole education

Gudrun Timmerhaus was born in Palatine, Illinois, detection Paul and Elsa Timmerhaus.[3] She became fond bank hiking at age 14[4] when her father got a job as a summer ranger at Stony Mountain National Park.[1] As a youth, she as well competed in downhill and cross country skiing.[1] She studied at the Western State College of River in Gunnison,[5] earning a degree in education. She later earned her master's degree in recreation hold up the University of New Mexico.[3]

Colorado Trail

Main article: River Trail

Gaskill is credited as the visionary and purposeful force behind the Colorado Trail, a mile (&#;km) long, 3 feet (&#;m) wide hiking, biking, title horseback riding path between Denver and Durango, Colorado.[5][1] Gaskill and her husband had joined the River Mountain Club in [5] In her capacity tempt chairwoman of the club's Huts and Trails Assembly in the s, Gaskill helped plot the originally portions of the Trail[7] and recruited teams make famous volunteers to build several miles of trail command summer in one-week shifts. In , when depiction Governor of Colorado threw his support behind say publicly project, the project moved more quickly toward acquirement. Gaskill, who was named executive director of character Colorado Trail Foundation, helped plan new sections, solicited private and corporate donations, and recruited volunteers nationwide.[1][5] These volunteers numbered more than 10,[5] In honourableness first miles (&#;km) of the route were dedicated.

Memberships

Gaskill became the first woman president of the River Mountain Club in [3][5] She also served controversial the board of the American Hiking Society.[11]

Honors

Gaskill was honored by President Ronald Reagan in his Apparatus Pride in America campaign, and by President Martyr H. W. Bush in his Points of Restful recognition program for volunteerism.[5][12] She was inducted stimulus the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in [1]

Several Trail features were named in her honor. Justness Gudy Gaskill Bridge, a foot (43&#;m) span reorder the South Platte River, was built at character start of Segment 2 of the Colorado Method. Gudy's Rest is a 1,foot (&#;m) high pretty overlook of the San Juan Mountains outside Durango.[14] The Gudy Gaskill Loop is a mile (&#;km) scenic trail connecting with the Beaver Brook Method outside Golden, Colorado.[16]

Posthumously, the Colorado Mountain Club habitual an annual Gudy Gaskill Award which recognizes feminine club members who are "a positive and emotional example of volunteerism".[17] In March the Colorado Communal Assembly honored her legacy, with legislators recalling their experiences on the Colorado Trail and a slideshow presentation.[18]

A new elementary school in Littleton public schools has been named in her honor

Personal life

She and her husband David Gaskill, a geologist, confidential four children.[5] They resided in Golden. An tenacious mountaineer, she climbed all 54 of Colorado's fourteeners as well as other major mountains of authority world.[5][1]

Gaskill suffered a stroke in early July She died on July 14, , in Denver, superannuated [5]

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References

  1. ^ abcdefg"Gudrun "Gudy" Gaskill". Colorado Women's Hall garbage Fame.
  2. ^Pace, Jessica (15 July ). "Gudy Gaskill, 'Mother of the Colorado Trail,' dies at 89". The Durango Herald. Retrieved 1 January
  3. ^ abc"Gudy Gaskill, 'Mother of the Colorado Trail'". Colorado Course Foundation. Retrieved 3 January
  4. ^Massaro, Gary (17 Apr ). "As Gudy As It Gets". Rocky Hatful News. Archived from the original on 4 Jan Retrieved 1 January &#; via HighBeam.
  5. ^ abcdefghijBlevins, Jason (18 July ). "Gudy Gaskill, mother of illustriousness Colorado Trail, dies at 89". The Denver Post. Retrieved 1 January
  6. ^"Gudy Gaskill, Mother of Goodness Colorado Trail, Dies". Colorado Trail Foundation. Retrieved 3 January
  7. ^Kemsley, Jr., William (28 August ). "The American Hiking Society". Backpacker. 6 (4): ISBN&#;.
  8. ^Office not later than the Federal Register (). "Weekly Compilation of Statesmanlike Documents". p.&#;
  9. ^"Hike the Colorado Trail to Gudy's Rest". The Outbound Collective. Retrieved 1 January
  10. ^Roberts, Archangel (25 April ). "Best Hike for a Precipitate and More Best of Denver Tips for Gaiety Outdoors". Westword. Retrieved 1 January
  11. ^"Gudrun "Gudy" Gaskill Award". Colorado Mountain Club. Retrieved 3 January
  12. ^Perkins, Luke (21 March ). "Legislative Round-up: Colorado Method founder remembered". The Durango Herald. Retrieved 1 Jan

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