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Ortenburger, Leigh N., went on ten mountaineering expeditions to the Cordillera Blanca in Peru, one to Aconcagua in Argentina, and one to Makalu in Nepal that was led by Sir Edmund Hillary. This series contains newspaper articles, magazine articles, maps, and notes about mountaineering in Peru, specific information about Leigh Ortenburger's expeditions, and correspondence, including: Abell, Jane; Abrons, Henry L.; Ames, Alcides; Allmon, Charles; Amatt, John R.; Angeles, Eugenio; Angeles, Macario; Anglada, Jose Manuel; Atherton, David; Ayres, Fred D.; Barcham, H. P.; Beckey, Fred; Bell, George I.; Benavides, Victor; Berlin, Nathaniel I.; Bingham, Alfred M.; Bishop, Barry; Bolinder, Anders; Bonington, Christian; Buckingham, William J. (Bill); Calegari, Nino; Carter, H. Adams; Clark, Ronald W. ; Connor, Ed; Cook, Oscar A.; Corbet, Barry; Cox, Brian; Crausaz, Winston; Creswell, Alexander E.; Crow, Pieter; Davis, David S. ; De Gasperi, Vincenzo; Del Fium, Dorene; Dienhart, John W.; Dingman, David L.; Doig, Liz; Doody, Carrie G.; Doody, Daniel E.; Dornan, David; Dunn, Sharon K.; Dyhrenfurth, G. O.; Ebert, John; Echevarria, Evelio; Edwards, Dalton W.; Everett, Jr., Boyd N.; Farquhar, Francis P.; Freixas Fuentes, Joan; Fritz, Dietrich; Frost, Thomas M.; Ganci, Joseph David (Dave); Gill, Michael; Glidden, Jocelyn C. (Jock); Gocking, Roger; Goody, Richard; Grajales, Fernando; Greul, Hans Dieter; Gtiobbi, Domingo; Gurtner, Othman; Hamano, Yoshio; Harrah, David,; Harrison, John C.; Hauser, Gunter; Healey, David; Henderson, Kenneth A.; Henostroza Lliuya, Fidencio; Hiebeler, Toni; Hillary, Sir Edmund; Hoerlin, Herman W.; Hoessly, Peter; Hofmann, Walther; Horn, Rick; Hoyt, Fletcher; Huber, Hermann; Hultgren, Herbert N.; Humphreys, John S.; Irvin, Richard K; Jamanca Lliuya, Lucio; Janis, Burt; Kadison, Alexander; Kauffman, Andrew J.; Kendall, Henry W.; Kendall, John P.; Kennedy, Michael; Kinzl, Hans; Klier, Heinrich; Kneebone, Terry; Koch, Alfred; Kosmath, Ernst F.; Lahiri, S.; Lahr, Bill; Lawrence, John H.; Liska, Donald; Lofthouse, Richard W.; Lopez de Castro, Jose; Lottinville, Savoie; Lowe, George; Lowe, W. George; Lukis, Karen; Manning, Dan; Mardon, D. K.; Marmillod, Dorly; Marmillod, Frederic ; Martel Davila, Teofanes; Matthews, W. V. Graham; McAllister, Otis; McKibben, M. Craig; McWherter, Michael; Menostruza Lliuya, Fidencio; Merrihue, Craig M.; Michael, David; Milledge. James S.; Millikan, Rick; Mohling, Franz; Morales Arnao, Cesar; Mulgrew, Peter D.; Muller, H. R. ; Mutch, Thomas A. (Tim); Naas, Charles W.; Nakagawa, Magoichi; Nakamura, Tomatsu; Nevison, Thomas O.; Oberlin, John C.; Ortenburger, Irene B.; Ortenburger, Leigh N.; Paragot, Robert; Patterson, Leif-Norman; Peck, Annie; Perce, Robert; Perkins, Marlin; Pugh, L. Griffith C.; Read, William A. (Al); Reese, Rick; Ricker, John; Robbins, Royal; Romanes, Walter; Ross, Kermith F.; Ruefl, E. G.; Sabat, F.; Schatz, Ruedi; Schmid, Rudi; Schneider, Erwin; Schoon, Andre; Schreve, Frank H.; Seki, Tsuneyoshi; Siri, William E.; Smech, Karl Werner; Smith, Bill; Steck, Allen; Summers, Martin; Swan, Lawrence W.; Taugwalder, Rudolf; Thorington, J. Monroe; Trabado de la Fuente, Antonio; Vargas Angeles, Eliseo; Velaochaga, Carlos; Wallace, William; Walton, Harold F.; Warburton, Mike; Ward, Michael P.; Wells, Matthew; Welsch, Walter; West, John B.; Whillans, Don; Whitmore, George; Wilburn, Jr., Harold S.; Williamson, Jed; Wilson, Kenneth J.; Wilson, Ted; Yokochi, Yasuo; Yoshizawa, Ichiro, et al. There is a section on general correspondence in 33.14 and 34.1-34.2, the expeditions are arranged by year and also contain correspondence, and folder 36.11 contains a list of the expeditions, with personnel, peaks climbed, and publications.

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