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From USA 🇺🇸
Gender Male
Climbing
Hardest Trad (Worked) E3

Climber notable for 'Golden Age' Yosemite ascents. Climbing historian, author of the first printed Yosemite rock climbing guidebook (Roper, 1964) and co-author of '50 Classic Climbs of North America' with Allen Steck.

References

[1] Roper, S and Steck, A (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. USA: Sierra Club Books.

[2] Roper, S (1994). Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber. USA: The Mountaineers

[3] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196550100/A-Climbers-Guide-to-Yosemite-Valley

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39 contributions since 10th October 2025.

Quick Info

From USA 🇺🇸
Gender Male
Climbing
Hardest Trad (Worked) E3

Climber notable for 'Golden Age' Yosemite ascents. Climbing historian, author of the first printed Yosemite rock climbing guidebook (Roper, 1964) and co-author of '50 Classic Climbs of North America' with Allen Steck.

References

[1] Roper, S and Steck, A (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. USA: Sierra Club Books.

[2] Roper, S (1994). Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber. USA: The Mountaineers

[3] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196550100/A-Climbers-Guide-to-Yosemite-Valley

Contributors
39 contributions since 10th October 2025.

Bibliography

Roper, Steve. Camp 4: recollections of a Yosemite rockclimber. Seattle: Mountaineers, 1994.
Roper, Steve. Timberline country: the Sierra high route. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1982.
Roper, Steve, and Allen Steck. Fifty classic climbs of North America. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1979.
Roper, Steve. The climber's guide to the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1976.
Roper, Steve. Climber's guide to Yosemite Valley.. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1971.

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