| Type | Collective |
| Country | USA 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 1990s |
| Dissolved | 2015 |
| Climbers recorded | 12 |
An informal community of Yosemite dirtbag climbers, based around Camp 4 and the Valley, described as a more inclusive modern equivalent of the Stonemasters. Known for El Capitan big walls, free soloing and highlining from the 1990s until Dean Potter's death in 2015. [1] [2]
[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/
[2] Gramicci https://gramicci.com/blogs/journal/in-profile-the-stone-monkeys-of-yosemite
12 recorded climbers.
| Climber | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Huber |
The Huber brothers are "wholeheartedly Monkeys" (seasonal visitors from Bavaria). [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Ammon McNeely |
"Perhaps no one has a louder Monkey call (and more Monkey spirit) than Ammon McNeely" (Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008); also named in Gramicci. |
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| Cedar Wright |
Wrote the Climbing profile as a member ("there are too many of us"). [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Dean Fidelman |
"He has the rare distinction of being both a Stonemaster and a Stone Monkey." [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Dean Potter |
"Dean is perhaps our biggest, boldest Monkey" (Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008); "If anyone embodied the uncompromising Stone Monkeys ethos, it was probably Dean Potter" (Gramicci). |
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| Ivo Ninov |
One of "three notorious Monkeys: Chongo, Potter, and Ivo Ninov"; arrived in Yosemite from Bulgaria in 2002. [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| José Luis Pereyra |
"the late, great Jose Pereyra", named among the "crucial Monkey characters". [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Leo Houlding |
Named among the "crucial Monkey characters". [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Renan Ozturk |
Named among the "crucial Monkey characters". [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Steph Davis |
"Stone Monkeys like Dean Potter, Steph Davis and Ammon McNeely took things one step further". [1] References[1] Gramicci https://gramicci.com/blogs/journal/in-profile-the-stone-monkeys-of-yosemite |
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| Thomas Huber |
The Huber brothers are "wholeheartedly Monkeys" (seasonal visitors from Bavaria). [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |
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| Timmy O'Neil |
Timmy O'Neill, named among the "crucial Monkey characters". [1] References[1] Climbing, Cedar Wright, 2008 https://www.climbing.com/people/profile-yosemite-stone-monkeys/ |