Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Climber

Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Climber
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In the 1960's, California's Yosemite Valley was the center of the rock-climbing universe. Young nonconformists--many of them the finest rock climbers in the world--channeled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Son climbers from around the globe were coming to Camp 4 - gathering spot for the creators of the "Golden Age" of Yosemite climbing - to see what all the fuss was about. Climber and author Steve Roper spent most of ten years living in the Yosemite Valley with its intriguing inhabitants. Camp 4 is his take on the era's top climbers and the influences behind their achievements. The text is full of stories both hilarious and revealing about the likes of bolt-disdaining Royal Robbins; fun-loving, big-wall expert Warren Harding; free-climber Frank Sacherer; multi-talented Chuck Pratt; master craftsman Yvon Chouinard; and ill-fated Mark Powell. Roper also tips his hat to the "elder statesmen" of the 1930s and 1940s who pioneered early, important climbs in the valley. Camp 4 looks at the most significant climbs, and the most riveting controversies of a legendary era. With more than fifty fascinating histoircal photographs, most never before published, Camp 4 is the definitive chronicle of the period.

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