Steve Wunsch


Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Date of death: 25th Oct 2019
Gender: Male
Hardest Trad (Worked): E6
Hardest Trad (Onsight): E2
Notable Partnerships
Jim Erickson

Henry Barber:

Steve was one of the most visionary climbers I ever climbed with. He put up hard climbs that were ahead of their time by a decade. I was known more for scary onsights, but his climbs compared to mine were futuristic by 20 years harder than anything I did. It took over a decade for Steve’s 'Psycho Roof' in Eldorado Canyon to be repeated. [2]

References

[1] Obituary by John Bragg, 2019 https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215496

[2] https://www.facebook.com/rockandice/posts/steve-wunsch-one-of-the-best-climbers-in-the-world-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-died-f/10157714840455030/

[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20230202012326/https://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/celebrating-the-life-of-steve-wunsch-by-your-own-lights/

Contributors
32 contributions since 15th December 2024.
15 contributions since 9th October 2025.
TdG
12 contributions since 7th October 2025.

Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Date of death: 25th Oct 2019
Gender: Male
Hardest Trad (Worked): E6
Hardest Trad (Onsight): E2
Notable Partnerships
Jim Erickson

Henry Barber:

Steve was one of the most visionary climbers I ever climbed with. He put up hard climbs that were ahead of their time by a decade. I was known more for scary onsights, but his climbs compared to mine were futuristic by 20 years harder than anything I did. It took over a decade for Steve’s 'Psycho Roof' in Eldorado Canyon to be repeated. [2]

References

[1] Obituary by John Bragg, 2019 https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201215496

[2] https://www.facebook.com/rockandice/posts/steve-wunsch-one-of-the-best-climbers-in-the-world-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-died-f/10157714840455030/

[3] https://web.archive.org/web/20230202012326/https://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/celebrating-the-life-of-steve-wunsch-by-your-own-lights/

Contributors
32 contributions since 15th December 2024.
15 contributions since 9th October 2025.
TdG
12 contributions since 7th October 2025.

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