Wallace Hansen

Greenland´s Icy Fury, a great read by my Helihiking and Clipper Adventurer friend. Aloha, Jan Christian

Wally was my helihiking buddy in the Bugaboos. I met him again on a ship to Iceland and Greenland...small world! My husband and I visited him in Bolder. Such a pleasant charming man who collected rock specimens and created the world biggest spitball made of junk mail. I´m enjoying "Greenlands Icy Fury". He sent us many clever limericks Over theyears. I hope we meet again, Jan

Wally was a great inspiration to me. Truly a geologist I've looked up to -- one of my heroes. I remapped the Red Creek Area in the Eastern Uintas and visited many of the sites Wally must have mapped when I was a baby in the late 50's. We disagreed over the type of fault bounding the Mountain Home block and a new roadcut revealed that he was right! I will miss him and his generation at the Survey.

So sorry to hear of Wally's passing. He and my dad, Don Galbreath, begin fine friends prior to, during and following their 'Greenland Adventure.' Sadly my father passed in 2009 but he always kept Wally and the rest of the Ice Cap Detachment in his memory bank to laugh and to marvel at their sometimes ridiculous predicaments.
Dad and Wally exchanged a number of letters over the years. If any member of the immediate family would be interested in having them, please email me at...

He lived right down the street and he seemed to be a pleasant man I am so sorry to hear about his passing.

I had the great privilege of sharing several river trips with Wally on the Yampa and Green Rivers in Dinosaur National Monument. His curiosity and love for the places he studied was infectious. His gentle nature and subtle humor still come to mind as I pass the "sea stacks" he showed me in Whirlpool Canyon. I have been lucky enough to work in Dinosaur now for nearly 3 decades. Wally made this place more special and more interesting for me and for all those who know his books. Thank you,...

So sorry to hear of Wally's passing. I met him first in 1998 at some National Park Service meetings for Black Canyon and Dinosaur. Great geologist, great person, great mentor ! Enjoyed his field trips, books, humor and have fond memories of him. Best wishes to his family and friends at this time.

Tim Connors
Geologist
Denver, CO