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Ian McRae

Originally from California, Ian McRae is a former big wall climber turned alpinist, with an impressive array of first ascents in the Alaska and Delta Ranges. Ian did his first climbing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and after graduating from college came to Alaska to climb Mount Foraker. He settled in Fairbanks, Alaska where he would be close to the mountains and could continue to pursue his love of climbing and other outdoor activities. He later became a high school teacher, and most recently was living and teaching in Nome, Alaska.

Ian McRae appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

Denali Mountaineering

Interview Title	Abstract	Archive #: Oral History	Project	Date of Interview
Ian McRae	Ian McRae was interviewed on August 19, 2000 by Dave Krupa at Krupa's cabin outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Ian provides a wonderful and entertaining window into the "Fairbanks climbing scene," carrying on an eccentric and decades old Fairbanks tradition of pioneering "sloggers" who get up routes via low tech approaches and more grit than gear. He reflects not only on numerous memorable climbs, personages, and epics, but also on the philosophical "games climbers play" in the pursuit of their distinctly hazardous adventures. He broaches the topics of synchronicity, intuition, and even spiritual elements of climbing - often felt, but seldom explicitly expressed by fellow climbers.	2000-17-26	Denali Mountaineering	Aug 19, 2000