Steve Roper


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From: USA 🇺🇸
Gender: Male

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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32 contributions since 10th October 2025.

Quick Info

From: USA 🇺🇸
Gender: Male

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
32 contributions since 10th October 2025.

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Ascents

1 recorded ascents.

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Direct North Buttress E3 Alternate Leads | ground up Jun 1962
First ascent.
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