Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rock Climber

Climber and author Steve Roper spent most of 10 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.

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Camp 4 looks at the most significant climbs, and the most riveting controversies of a legendary era. With more than 50 fascinating historical photographs, most never before published, Camp 4 is the definitive history of Yosemite climbing during this period.

• Includes stories of such greats as Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Allen Steck, and Warren Harding
• Captures the raucous, outrageous, innovative spirit of climbing in Yosemite during this period
• Portrays the advances in equipment and style that revolutionized big-wall climbing 

• 256 pages
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• ISBN: 978-0-89886-587-5
• Published: Nov 30, 1998