enefit pays tribute to Deep Cove climber

A BENEFIT on Friday, Sept. 17, at Vancouver's Orpheum
Theatre featuring live music vy John Denver, Leon Bibb and
Ann Mortifee will begin with a tribute to Dan Culver, a
Deep Cove resident who recently died during a descent of

the world’s second-highest mountain.

Culver had dedicated the K2
mountain climb in the Karakoram
range on the = China-Pakistan
border to the conservation of the
Tatshenshini River wilderness area
in nerthern B.C.

Proceeds from the Sept. 17
benefit will go towards paying off
debts associated with the Save the

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Culver’s widow, Patti, said
Culver was unaware of the provin-
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tect the wilderness area when he
died in early July.

The provincial government
declared the Tatshenshini a pro-
vincial park area in June.

“In terms of the honoring of
Dan, [ think it’s a wonderfui,
gracious gesture that certainly fills
my heart. And 1 know that lots of
friends and family feel really good
about it too,’ said Patti.

The Tatshenshini preserve
covers one million hectares in the
northwestern corner of B.C. near
the Alaska and Yukon borders.

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A four-year international cam-
paign to protect the area was led
by the Tatshenshini Wild organiza-
tion and included 50. different
groups such as the Sierra Club, the
Western Canada Wilderness
Committee and the World Wildlife
Fund,

The Tatshenshini wilderness area
had previously been in the news
as the site of a proposed copper
mine which environmentalists
claimed would pollute the river.

The benefit will also include a
slide presentation of the Tatshen-

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shini River and a silent art auction.

Vhe newly-released book, Tat-
shenshini River Wild (Raincoast
Books), will be promoted at the
benefit,

Denver is scheduled to perform
for one houc during the latter half
of the evening,

The benefit begins at 7 p.m.
Ticket cost is $20. Tickets are
available at TicketMaster, 280-
4444,

For more information, call 873-
6581.

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