Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber

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. Soon 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 intri...