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Brett Navin

Brett Navin worked for the Denali Foundation (now the Denali Education Center), a non-profit organization established in 1989 in the Denali National Park area offering natural history-based educational programs and lecture series, as well as research fellowships. In 2000, he participated in interviews for the Denali Mountaineering Project Jukebox. More recently, Brett has served on the Denali Education Center's Board of Directors and has been an English Professor at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, Ohio.
Brett Navin appears in the following new Jukebox projects:

As a Person Present at Interview

Interview Title Archive #: Oral History Project Abstract People Present
Berle Mercer 2000-17-29 Denali Mountaineering

Berle Mercer was interviewed on September 18, 2000 by Jarrod Decker at the Mercer ranch outside Healy, AK. Brett Navin and Todd Shorey from the Denali Foundation, a non-profit organization offering educational programs, were also present and assisted with the interview. In this interview, Berle talks about running pack horse trips into Denali National Park and freighting supplies to mountain climbers. He recalls packing in supplies for some of his most memorable clients, including the ill-fated Wilcox Expedition, Bradford and Barbara Washburn, and a very finicky wildlife photographer. Berle also discusses rescuing a Swiss climbing party that descended the Muldrow Glacier after their guide abandoned them on the West Buttress, and openly criticizes a number of Denali National Park policies and employees. He offers his opinions on controversial topics such as access to remote areas within Denali Park and the permit and concessionaire system.

 Brett Navin, Todd Shorey