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From USA 🇺🇸
Gender Male
Climbing
Hardest Trad (Worked) E3
Groups
American Alpine Club Honorary Member

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
46 contributions since 10th October 2025.
5 contributions since 19th June 2026.

Quick Info

From USA 🇺🇸
Gender Male
Climbing
Hardest Trad (Worked) E3
Groups
American Alpine Club Honorary Member

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
46 contributions since 10th October 2025.
5 contributions since 19th June 2026.

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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