Steve Roper
American climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | 1941 (age 84–85) |
| Climbing career | |
| Type of climber | Rock climbing |
Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award for 1983.[1] He is also, with Allen Steck, the recipient of the American Alpine Club's Literary Award (1995).
Publications
- "A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley" (1964) LCC # 63-21911
- A Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument (1966), ISBN 0-934641-89-7
- "Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley" (1971), ISBN 0-87156-048-8
- The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra, (1976), ISBN 0-87156-147-6
- Fifty Classic Climbs of North America, (1979), ISBN 0-87156-292-8
- "Timberline Country: The Sierra High Route" (1982) ISBN 0-87156-298-7
- Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country (1997), ISBN 0-89886-506-9
- Roper, Steve (2004) [1994]. Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber. Seattle, WA, USA: The Mountaineers Books. ISBN 0-89886-587-5.
Publications as editor
- Roper, Steve; Allen Steck, eds. (1989). Ascent, Volume V. San Francisco, CA, USA: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-701-6.
- Roper, Steve (2003). Ordeal by Piton - Writings from the Golden Age of Yosemite Climbing. Stanford, CA, USA: Stanford University Libraries. ISBN 0-911221-26-3.
Notable ascents
- 1959 North Face of Middle Cathedral Rock, Yosemite Valley, CA (VI 5.9 A4), with Bob Kamps and Chuck Pratt.[2]
- 1963, first free ascent of the Kor-Ingalls Route on Castleton Tower near Moab, Utah, with Chuck Pratt.[3]
- 1963 West Buttress, El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California. (VI 5.10 A3+) FA with Layton Kor.[4]
- 1963 Third ascent of the El Cap Nose, with Glen Denny and Layton Kor.
- 1966 First one-day ascent of the NW face of Half Dome, with Jeff Foott.
- 1966 Third ascent of the Salathe Wall on El Cap, with Dick Long and Allen Steck.