National Outdoor Book Award
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Edition 26 (2022) Winner
Steve Roper
スティーブ・ローパー
Sutību Rōpā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941-01-01
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Yosemite Valley, California → San Francisco, California
Career
- Occupations
- Climber, Historian of mountaineering, Author, Editor
- Active Years
- 1959-
- Affiliations
- Sierra Club, American Alpine Club
- Influenced By
- Contemporary American climbers
- Influenced
- Climbing guidebook authors and climbing historians, Sierra Club climbing culture
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award | — | — | Sierra Club | 受賞 |
| 1995 | American Alpine Club Literary Award | — | — | American Alpine Club | 受賞（アレン・ステックと共同受賞） |
Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award
1983
Organization:
Sierra Club
Result:
受賞
American Alpine Club Literary Award
1995
Organization:
American Alpine Club
Result:
受賞（アレン・ステックと共同受賞）
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley
1964 Non-fiction / Climbing guideA guidebook detailing major routes and historical context for climbing in Yosemite Valley.
climbing routeshistory
A Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument
1966 Non-fiction / Climbing guideA guidebook introducing rock-climbing routes in the Pinnacles area.
guideregional routes
The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra
1976 Non-fiction / Climbing guideA comprehensive guide to climbing routes, geography, and history of the High Sierra.
High Sierraguidehistory
Fifty Classic Climbs of North America
1979 Non-fiction / AnthologyA selection of fifty notable North American climbs with history and route descriptions, co-edited with Allen Steck.
climbing historyroute descriptions
Timberline Country: The Sierra High Route
1982 Non-fiction / Trekking routeAn account of the Sierra High Route, its route and the author's experiences establishing it.
Sierra High Routetrekkingroute finding
Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber
1994 Non-fiction / MemoirA memoir collection reflecting on classic Yosemite climbing culture and the author's own experiences.
memoirclimbing cultureYosemite
Ordeal by Piton - Writings from the Golden Age of Yosemite Climbing
2003 Edited volume / AnthologyAn edited compilation of writings from the golden age of Yosemite climbing.
anthologyYosemite history
Bibliography
- A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley (1964)
- A Climber's Guide to Pinnacles National Monument (1966)
- Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley (1971)
- The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1976)
- Fifty Classic Climbs of North America (1979)
- Timberline Country: The Sierra High Route (1982)
- Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country (1997)
- Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber (1994/2004)
- Ascent, Volume V (ed., 1989)
- Ordeal by Piton - Writings from the Golden Age of Yosemite Climbing (ed., 2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Practical, clear guidebook proseHistorical contextualization
- Recurring Motifs
- detailed route descriptionsSierra landscapes and terrainrecollections of climbing culture
Legacy
Steve Roper is a prominent figure in Yosemite and Sierra mountaineering history and guidebook literature. His guidebooks and edited volumes have significantly influenced climbing culture, route preservation, and documentation; he was a founding editor of the Sierra Club journal Ascent.
Academic Societies
- Sierra Club
Archives
- Stanford University Libraries (related materials)
Trivia
- Co-founding editor of the Sierra Club journal Ascent (with Allen Steck).
- Recipient of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award in 1983.
- Co-recipient (with Allen Steck) of the American Alpine Club Literary Award in 1995.
- Made the first free ascent of the Kor-Ingalls Route on Castleton Tower in 1963 (with Chuck Pratt).
- Has notable ascents on El Capitan and Half Dome in Yosemite.