The UIAA in Banff : Women who have made a difference to the Mountaineering Community

Nancy Hansen

Nancy is an avid climber whose passion for the sport continues to grow after 13 years of intense involvement. She is an all-around climber who enjoys every aspect of the sport — mountaineering, ski touring, rock and ice climbing. Being a “list person”, Nancy discovered a few Canadian Rockies climbing lists and set out to tick them off.

The ones she has so far completed are:

• 2002 — first person to climb a rock route on the 1000-foot (300-metre) high face of Mt. Yamnuska every month in a calendar year. Easiest route climbed was Redshirt (5.7). Most difficult was Dreambed (5.11b)
• 2003 — first and only female (and sixth person) to climb all 54 peaks over 11,000 feet (3350 metres) in the Canadian Rockies
• 2005 — first and only female (and sixth person) to climb all 34 routes on Mt. Yamnuska as listed in the 1977 Urs Kallen guidebook to the mountain