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Steve Roper Quotes

Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the

Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics.

Steve Roper
Funny, Climbing, Names

I strode among giants, friends tell me now, though at the time I felt more like a misfit associating with oddballs.

Steve Roper
Climbing, Giants, Misfits
Steve Roper (2013). “Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber”, p.12, The Mountaineers Books

Goddamn it ! His parka doesn't fit me !

Steve Roper
Climbing, Fit
Steve Roper (2013). “Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber”, p.106, The Mountaineers Books

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