Climbers

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/

Not to be confused with Tom Williams.

A stalwart of the 1980s climbing scene in Llanberis.

https://footlesscrow.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-final-pitch.html

Remember one of his stories about soloing on slate. He used to solo listening to music on a Walkman. Can’t remember which one but he was soloing an E5 and then disaster struck - the tape ran out!. He said turning the tape over was the crux. [1]

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,30612.msg608272.html#msg608272

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/CbFlRcHNdSw/

[2] Extract from the film Valley Uprising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9emEs55tM

[3] The Life of Warren J. "Batso" Harding by Burr Snider, originally published in The San Francisco Examiner 9th March 1986. Republished by climbing.com 15th June 2012 https://www.climbing.com/people/the-life-of-warren-andquot-batsoandquot-harding/

[4] Warren Harding 1924 - 2002 by Colin Wells, On The Edge 116, page 18.

[5] Harding, Warren (1990). Downward Bound: a Mad! guide to Rock Climbing. Birmingham, Alabama: Menasha Ridge Press.

References

[1] Will Perrin - A Child of Light by Mick Ward, May 2024 https://www.ukclimbing.com/articles/in_focus/will_perrin_-_a_child_of_light-15757

Undercover slab weapon.