Steve Roper

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Steve Roper
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born1941 (age 8384)
Climbing career
Type of climber Rock climbing

Steve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent.

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Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award for 1983. [1] He is also, with Allen Steck, the recipient of the American Alpine Club's Literary Award (1995).

Publications

Publications as editor

Notable ascents

See also

References

  1. "Sierra Club Awards - List by Award" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014.
  2. Jones, Chris (1976). Climbing in North America. Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press. pp.  273–274. ISBN   0-520-02976-3.
  3. Roper, Steve; Steck, Allen (1979). Fifty Classic Climbs of North America . San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. p. 219. ISBN   0-87156-292-8.
  4. Kor, Layton (1964). "El Capitan's West Buttress". American Alpine Journal. 22 (53). New York, NY, USA: American Alpine Club: 79. ASIN   B000FLCQEM.