Paving the way

Local climbers featured in museum as mountain climbing pioneers

YAKAMA/EPHRATA – An exhibit in the Yakima Valley Museum called “Let’s Take the Sporting Route: Mountaineering in Central Washington 1949-1970” features pioneers from Central Washington who trail-blazed many first ascents of major mountain climbing routes. “This particular exhibit showcased these people that we’ve identified who’ve had singular achievements in one way or another and they came from this side of the mountains,” said Peter Arnold, Executive Director of the Yakima Valley Museum...