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1921: Skied in Hannes Schnieder film "The Chase": mtneer-b-1928-jan, esa-1934-p11, allen-1993-p141.
1923: Competed in Northwest Ski Club annual tournament: subject index.
1920s-30s: Pioneering trips: Mt Rainier, Mt Baker, South Cascades
1930, 1932: Mountaineers Patrol Race, member of winning team: subject index.
1934: Conceived Silver Skis race, secured U.S. National Championships: mtneer-b-1934-feb, spi-1934-feb-2, spi-1934-apr-23, tl-1934-nov-13, asa-1935-p171.
Other references: giese-photos, cme-1928-feb-23, mtneer-a-1929-p40, asa-1957-p126, argus-1964-nov-6-p8, seattle-1969-dec-p49, ancient-skiers-1984, mhc-bios-otto-giese, isha-2002-1st-p31.

1916: Winner of ski-leaping exhibition in Seattle: lds-1916-big-snow.
1917: Organizer/winner of ski tournament at Scenic Hot Springs: st-1917-feb-02, st-1917-feb-05.
1917: Co-founder of Puget Sound (later Northwest) Ski Club: tnt-1917-Aug-5.
1920s: President of Seattle Ski Club: st-1946-apr-07-p9, sofn-viking-1953-may-p13.

1936-41: Lived year-round at Windy Pass, some skiing: ww-1940-Feb-3-p1, dka-papers, mrg-1989-memoirs, gourlie-melvin.
Other references: William A. Long.

1929: First one-day crossing of the Patrol Race route, donated Patrol Race trophy: mtneer-a-1963-p26, mtneer-a-1929-p44.
1932: Mountaineers Patrol Race, member of winning team: subject index.
Other references: mtneer-a-1929-p49.