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Ranking in 7summits list, either CP or K | : | 13 |
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Ranking in Carstensz Pyramid list | : | 20 |
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Ranking in Kosciuszko list | : | 12 |
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First name | : | Glenn |
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Family name | : | Porzak |
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Gender | : | male |
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Country of origin | : | USA |
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Date of Birth | : | 1948-08-22 |
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Name of first summit | : | Kilimanjaro |
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Date of climbing the first summit | : | 1973-08-16 |
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Name of final summit in Carstensz list | : | Carstensz |
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Date of final summit in Carstensz list | : | 1994-05-03 |
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Name of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | Kosciuszko |
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Date of final summit in Kosciuszko list | : | 1992-03-23 |
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Date of climbing Kilimanjaro | : | 1973-08-16 |
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Date of climbing Elbrus | : | 1991-07-27 |
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Date of climbing Aconcagua | : | 1974-01-22 |
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Date of climbing Denali | : | 1976-07-06 |
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Date of climbing Vinson | : | 1985-12-13 |
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Date of climbing Everest | : | 1990-05-10 |
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Date of climbing Carstensz Pyramid | : | 1994-05-03 |
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Date of climbing Kosciuszko | : | 1992-03-23 |
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Climbed Carstensz Pyramid? | : | Yes |
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Climbed Kosciuszko? | : | Yes |
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Total time including Carstensz Pyramid | : | 20y,260d |
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Total time including Kosciuszko | : | 18y,220d |
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Age when finished with CP | : | 45y,254d |
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Age when finished with K | : | 43y,214d |
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Website | : | xxx |
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Additional Info | : | "Who gets to the summit and who doesn't is a question of whose mind-set is ready for it. Tenacity is the most important skill." -- Glenn Porzak
Glenn Porzak became the first person to climb the 100 highest peaks in Rocky Mountain National Park and has bagged all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-ft. peaks; conservationist, water attorney.
Glenn Porzak, was a partner in Porzak, Browning and Johnson LLP, a Boulder general law firm:
"There is a real need for various environmental causes that can't afford access to competent lawyers, or the specialists they sometimes need," says Glenn Porzak. Porzak, with a history of working in the legal and political realm in support of wilderness legislation, headed up last summer's fight in support of a ban on airplane flights over Rocky Mountain National Park. He volunteers his legal expertise supporting LAW Fund causes.
Starting in the middle 1960s, Porzak, as head of wilderness legislation for the Colorado Mountain Club and later its president, helped to pass the original Wilderness Act and other wilderness bills. In the 1980s he helped write a bill to enlarge Rocky Mountain National Park.
"I have strong feelings about wilderness issues -- creation and preservation. Back in the late 70s we crafted the original boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area on my living room floor.
"That is the kind of project I like to work on, and (the overflights issue) is a typical project for the LAW Fund. They have any number of different projects, but they have a number of volunteers they can call on. You can always choose an issue that is near and dear to you."
Except for "the guy that wanted to run the concession" of helicopter flights over Rocky Mountain park, there was "tremendous support" for the ban. While most of the public thinks the resulting ban was a success for the park and the environment, Porzak cautions that the success was only temporary.
"Now, it's in limbo. There is a temporary ban, nothing permanent. It is a temporary administrative decision, and it could be reversed. But now it is in the political realm more than the legal. We need to keep the pressure on, and look for opportunities for maximum leverage.
"There seems no end to things of this nature. More people doing more activities makes more conflicts inevitable," Porzak said.
Later he became the city of Golden's "water attorney" &
Partner of Porzak, Browning & Bushong, LLP, Boulder, Colorado. |
