Stephan Douglas Shearer died March 23, 2015 at the Taos Living Center.
Stephan’s wish was to be cremated. He was a devout Baha’i, and in many ways found the high country a sanctuary for his faith.
Stephan was the older son of Douglas and Ann Shearer. Douglas Shearer invented the process of putting the sound on the celluloid, and he headed the Sound Department at MGM for thirty five years.
Stephan had two aunts, Norma Shearer Thalberg, and her sister, Athole Hawks. He had four cousins, the late Katharine Thalberg and late Irving Thalberg, Jr. in Aspen, as well as David Hawks and Barbara Hawks, currently living in California.
Stephan was born in Santa Monica, Ca. He attended and graduated from the Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Ca. He then worked for a short while at MGM studio. His first marriage was to Darleen Ingle, a dancer.
A nine-to-five job was not in Stephan’s DNA. He spent a life time seeking refuge in the wildernesses of Europe, California, Alaska, Canada, Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, South America and New Mexico. The back country was his true home. He was a professional guide, and when not leading hikes and climbs, he would be alone or with others of like mind, climbing high ridges or skiing far away from the madding crowds.
Stephan’s second wife, Francoise, was a ski instructor at Bear Valley Ski Resort above Stockton, Ca., and he was on the ski patrol. He started a cross country skiing business at Bear Mountain, but he and Francoise decided to head north to the Yukon and settled in Atlin, Canada. When life got boring up north, he would have bush pilots drop him 50 – 100 miles into the forest, and he would work his way back to Atlin. He and Francoise would eventually divorce but remained friends.
Stephan married for the third time and moved with his wife Jeanine to Michigan. Visiting his cousins in Aspen, he realized he wanted to be back in the mountains and moved to Aspen in 1983. His wife did not wish to leave her family in Michigan, so they divorced. He continued his mountaineering work, by guiding groups into the high country above Aspen. He married his fourth wife, Monica Halstron, at dawn on the Child Family Ranch in Old Snowmass. They later divorced.
Stephan made many friends in town, particularly David Hiser, David Bentley, Mary Dominick, Alice Goldfarb, the Child clan, his cousins Irving, Jr. and Katharine, her husband Bill Stirling and so many others. He was a gifted raconteur. One of the photos in the Castle and Maroon Creek book by Paul Anderson, David Hiser and Curt Carpenter is of Stephan and David Bentley atop one of the 12,000 foot high spires in the foreground of Pyramid Peak overlooking Maroon Lake. Stephan climbed Pyramid Peak 33 times, surely a record, and was in his 70’s on his last Pyramid ascent.
Stephan next moved to Springerville, Arizona, where he again taught skiing, and then in 2001 he moved to Taos, New Mexico. Like Aspen, Taos was perfect, as he pursued his love for downhill skiing. In addition he cross country skied, led hikes and climbs in the Taos Mountains. He forged many new friendships in the town of Taos.
In the fall of 2014, he had a serious bike accident, which landed him in the Taos Living Center. His close friend, Nancy Herrick, helped him through this difficult period.
As his brother Mark said, “he was a true, free spirit,” and, he had a boundless love for the outdoors, as it enriched his spirit and contributed to his deep rooted need for freedom. He was always on the look- out for the next best spot.
His mountaineering comrades will determine this summer the perfect place to spread his ashes, somewhere atop a ridge line in the Elk Mountain Range or along the Continental Divide above Aspen. He was a sweet soul, who simply followed his instincts in his lifetime search of the perfect hideaway. Now he has found it.
Stephan’s wish was to be cremated. He was a devout Baha’i, and in many ways found the high country a sanctuary for his faith.
Stephan was the older son of Douglas and Ann Shearer. Douglas Shearer invented the process of putting the sound on the celluloid, and he headed the Sound Department at MGM for thirty five years.
Stephan had two aunts, Norma Shearer Thalberg, and her sister, Athole Hawks. He had four cousins, the late Katharine Thalberg and late Irving Thalberg, Jr. in Aspen, as well as David Hawks and Barbara Hawks, currently living in California.
Stephan was born in Santa Monica, Ca. He attended and graduated from the Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Ca. He then worked for a short while at MGM studio. His first marriage was to Darleen Ingle, a dancer.
A nine-to-five job was not in Stephan’s DNA. He spent a life time seeking refuge in the wildernesses of Europe, California, Alaska, Canada, Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, South America and New Mexico. The back country was his true home. He was a professional guide, and when not leading hikes and climbs, he would be alone or with others of like mind, climbing high ridges or skiing far away from the madding crowds.
Stephan’s second wife, Francoise, was a ski instructor at Bear Valley Ski Resort above Stockton, Ca., and he was on the ski patrol. He started a cross country skiing business at Bear Mountain, but he and Francoise decided to head north to the Yukon and settled in Atlin, Canada. When life got boring up north, he would have bush pilots drop him 50 – 100 miles into the forest, and he would work his way back to Atlin. He and Francoise would eventually divorce but remained friends.
Stephan married for the third time and moved with his wife Jeanine to Michigan. Visiting his cousins in Aspen, he realized he wanted to be back in the mountains and moved to Aspen in 1983. His wife did not wish to leave her family in Michigan, so they divorced. He continued his mountaineering work, by guiding groups into the high country above Aspen. He married his fourth wife, Monica Halstron, at dawn on the Child Family Ranch in Old Snowmass. They later divorced.
Stephan made many friends in town, particularly David Hiser, David Bentley, Mary Dominick, Alice Goldfarb, the Child clan, his cousins Irving, Jr. and Katharine, her husband Bill Stirling and so many others. He was a gifted raconteur. One of the photos in the Castle and Maroon Creek book by Paul Anderson, David Hiser and Curt Carpenter is of Stephan and David Bentley atop one of the 12,000 foot high spires in the foreground of Pyramid Peak overlooking Maroon Lake. Stephan climbed Pyramid Peak 33 times, surely a record, and was in his 70’s on his last Pyramid ascent.
Stephan next moved to Springerville, Arizona, where he again taught skiing, and then in 2001 he moved to Taos, New Mexico. Like Aspen, Taos was perfect, as he pursued his love for downhill skiing. In addition he cross country skied, led hikes and climbs in the Taos Mountains. He forged many new friendships in the town of Taos.
In the fall of 2014, he had a serious bike accident, which landed him in the Taos Living Center. His close friend, Nancy Herrick, helped him through this difficult period.
As his brother Mark said, “he was a true, free spirit,” and, he had a boundless love for the outdoors, as it enriched his spirit and contributed to his deep rooted need for freedom. He was always on the look- out for the next best spot.
His mountaineering comrades will determine this summer the perfect place to spread his ashes, somewhere atop a ridge line in the Elk Mountain Range or along the Continental Divide above Aspen. He was a sweet soul, who simply followed his instincts in his lifetime search of the perfect hideaway. Now he has found it.
Stephan Douglas Shearer died March 23, 2015 at the Taos Living Center.
Stephan’s wish was to be cremated. He was a devout Baha’i, and in many ways found the high country a sanctuary for his faith.
Stephan was the older son of Douglas and Ann Shearer. Douglas Shearer invented the process of putting the sound on the celluloid, and he headed the Sound Department at MGM for thirty five years.
Stephan had two aunts, Norma Shearer Thalberg, and her sister, Athole Hawks. He had four cousins, the late Katharine Thalberg and late Irving Thalberg, Jr. in Aspen, as well as David Hawks and Barbara Hawks, currently living in California.
Stephan was born in Santa Monica, Ca. He attended and graduated from the Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Ca. He then worked for a short while at MGM studio. His first marriage was to Darleen Ingle, a dancer.
A nine-to-five job was not in Stephan’s DNA. He spent a life time seeking refuge in the wildernesses of Europe, California, Alaska, Canada, Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, South America and New Mexico. The back country was his true home. He was a professional guide, and when not leading hikes and climbs, he would be alone or with others of like mind, climbing high ridges or skiing far away from the madding crowds.
Stephan’s second wife, Francoise, was a ski instructor at Bear Valley Ski Resort above Stockton, Ca., and he was on the ski patrol. He started a cross country skiing business at Bear Mountain, but he and Francoise decided to head north to the Yukon and settled in Atlin, Canada. When life got boring up north, he would have bush pilots drop him 50 – 100 miles into the forest, and he would work his way back to Atlin. He and Francoise would eventually divorce but remained friends.
Stephan married for the third time and moved with his wife Jeanine to Michigan. Visiting his cousins in Aspen, he realized he wanted to be back in the mountains and moved to Aspen in 1983. His wife did not wish to leave her family in Michigan, so they divorced. He continued his mountaineering work, by guiding groups into the high country above Aspen. He married his fourth wife, Monica Halstron, at dawn on the Child Family Ranch in Old Snowmass. They later divorced.
Stephan made many friends in town, particularly David Hiser, David Bentley, Mary Dominick, Alice Goldfarb, the Child clan, his cousins Irving, Jr. and Katharine, her husband Bill Stirling and so many others. He was a gifted raconteur. One of the photos in the Castle and Maroon Creek book by Paul Anderson, David Hiser and Curt Carpenter is of Stephan and David Bentley atop one of the 12,000 foot high spires in the foreground of Pyramid Peak overlooking Maroon Lake. Stephan climbed Pyramid Peak 33 times, surely a record, and was in his 70’s on his last Pyramid ascent.
Stephan next moved to Springerville, Arizona, where he again taught skiing, and then in 2001 he moved to Taos, New Mexico. Like Aspen, Taos was perfect, as he pursued his love for downhill skiing. In addition he cross country skied, led hikes and climbs in the Taos Mountains. He forged many new friendships in the town of Taos.
In the fall of 2014, he had a serious bike accident, which landed him in the Taos Living Center. His close friend, Nancy Herrick, helped him through this difficult period.
As his brother Mark said, “he was a true, free spirit,” and, he had a boundless love for the outdoors, as it enriched his spirit and contributed to his deep rooted need for freedom. He was always on the look- out for the next best spot.
His mountaineering comrades will determine this summer the perfect place to spread his ashes, somewhere atop a ridge line in the Elk Mountain Range or along the Continental Divide above Aspen. He was a sweet soul, who simply followed his instincts in his lifetime search of the perfect hideaway. Now he has found it.
Stephan’s wish was to be cremated. He was a devout Baha’i, and in many ways found the high country a sanctuary for his faith.
Stephan was the older son of Douglas and Ann Shearer. Douglas Shearer invented the process of putting the sound on the celluloid, and he headed the Sound Department at MGM for thirty five years.
Stephan had two aunts, Norma Shearer Thalberg, and her sister, Athole Hawks. He had four cousins, the late Katharine Thalberg and late Irving Thalberg, Jr. in Aspen, as well as David Hawks and Barbara Hawks, currently living in California.
Stephan was born in Santa Monica, Ca. He attended and graduated from the Army & Navy Academy in Carlsbad, Ca. He then worked for a short while at MGM studio. His first marriage was to Darleen Ingle, a dancer.
A nine-to-five job was not in Stephan’s DNA. He spent a life time seeking refuge in the wildernesses of Europe, California, Alaska, Canada, Colorado, Arizona, Mexico, South America and New Mexico. The back country was his true home. He was a professional guide, and when not leading hikes and climbs, he would be alone or with others of like mind, climbing high ridges or skiing far away from the madding crowds.
Stephan’s second wife, Francoise, was a ski instructor at Bear Valley Ski Resort above Stockton, Ca., and he was on the ski patrol. He started a cross country skiing business at Bear Mountain, but he and Francoise decided to head north to the Yukon and settled in Atlin, Canada. When life got boring up north, he would have bush pilots drop him 50 – 100 miles into the forest, and he would work his way back to Atlin. He and Francoise would eventually divorce but remained friends.
Stephan married for the third time and moved with his wife Jeanine to Michigan. Visiting his cousins in Aspen, he realized he wanted to be back in the mountains and moved to Aspen in 1983. His wife did not wish to leave her family in Michigan, so they divorced. He continued his mountaineering work, by guiding groups into the high country above Aspen. He married his fourth wife, Monica Halstron, at dawn on the Child Family Ranch in Old Snowmass. They later divorced.
Stephan made many friends in town, particularly David Hiser, David Bentley, Mary Dominick, Alice Goldfarb, the Child clan, his cousins Irving, Jr. and Katharine, her husband Bill Stirling and so many others. He was a gifted raconteur. One of the photos in the Castle and Maroon Creek book by Paul Anderson, David Hiser and Curt Carpenter is of Stephan and David Bentley atop one of the 12,000 foot high spires in the foreground of Pyramid Peak overlooking Maroon Lake. Stephan climbed Pyramid Peak 33 times, surely a record, and was in his 70’s on his last Pyramid ascent.
Stephan next moved to Springerville, Arizona, where he again taught skiing, and then in 2001 he moved to Taos, New Mexico. Like Aspen, Taos was perfect, as he pursued his love for downhill skiing. In addition he cross country skied, led hikes and climbs in the Taos Mountains. He forged many new friendships in the town of Taos.
In the fall of 2014, he had a serious bike accident, which landed him in the Taos Living Center. His close friend, Nancy Herrick, helped him through this difficult period.
As his brother Mark said, “he was a true, free spirit,” and, he had a boundless love for the outdoors, as it enriched his spirit and contributed to his deep rooted need for freedom. He was always on the look- out for the next best spot.
His mountaineering comrades will determine this summer the perfect place to spread his ashes, somewhere atop a ridge line in the Elk Mountain Range or along the Continental Divide above Aspen. He was a sweet soul, who simply followed his instincts in his lifetime search of the perfect hideaway. Now he has found it.
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