Allen Carpe. Courtesy Am. A.J.
Canadian Alpine Journal 1932
Rollin T. Chamberlin, L. E. “Slim” Goodell, Allen Carpe, A. L. Withers. Photo George Burns
University of Chicago
Allen Carpé [1894–1932]
b. 1894 — Chicago
d. 1932 — Mount McKinley, Alaska
Allen Carpé was an American engineer and mountaineer who was a member of the Alpine Club of Canada from 1920.
In 1924 Carpé, Rollin Thomas Chamberlin [1881–1948], and A. L. (Pete) Withers went up Tête Creek “and made some fine climbs, among them Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier.” (1)
In 1925, he was a member of the expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Logan. He lost his life on Mount McKinley in May 1932, as the leader of a party making scientific observations relating to cosmic rays.
Carpé’s name appears with and without an accent in various documents.
- Annual Report of the Director of the National Park Service to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1932, and the Travel Season, 1932. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1932 Google Books
- Wikipedia. Allen Carpé
- 1924 Chamberlin party Cariboos
- — “Climbs in Cariboo Mts. and Northern Gold Range, Interior Ranges of British Columbia.” Alpine Journal, Vol. 37 (1925):63
- — “Albreda Mountain.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 16 (1927–1927):177
- — “The Cariboo Mountains – Correction.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 16 (1927–1927):177
- 1. Zillmer, Raymond T. [1887–1960]. “Explorations in the Southern Cariboos.” Canadian Alpine Journal, Vol. 27 (1939):48-61