Climbers

British Columbia based rock climber notable for first ascents of the Grand Wall, the first major route on Stawamus Chief, and El Capitan's Dihedral Wall. Died in an abseiling accident on Washington Column's East Face.

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12196539801/

[2] http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1039354/Seeking-Memories-of-Jim-Baldwin

References

[1] Interview with Climbing.com, July 2007 https://www.climbing.com/news/the-complete-jim-holloway-interview/

[2] https://archive.org/details/jim_holloway-2-21-2006

https://www.facebook.com/rockarchivist/photos/a.115405983249621/121210006002552

Yosemite big wall pioneer and blacksmith. His hand-forged hard steel - and thus reusable - pitons were the technological breakthrough that enabled long routes to be climbed on the granite walls of Yosemite.

References

[1] https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/off_belay/john_stainforth-784965

Californian activist and free-soloist. Credited with conceptualising Midnight Lightning and an early proponent of the bouldering sit-start.

References

[1] Portrait by Dean Fidelman, 1978 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz_TXWJjs6R/

[2] https://www.climbing.com/people/bouldering-sit-start-john-yablonski/

References

[1] https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/12200307600/The-Tree-of-Life