Ray Jardine (b. 1945) is an American rock climber famous for being the first to free climb the West Face of El Capitan in the Yosemite Valley (although he did use ropes), and also for inventing the spring loaded camming devices that revolutionized rock climbing. He began his climbing career in 1963 in the Tetons, climbed in Eldorado Canyon during the 1960s, and became active in Yosemite around 1970. Wikipedia
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Ray Jardine is an author , inventor , climber and hiker . Ray is best known for having invented Friends - the first spring-loaded camming device - and for his somewhat controversial views on lightweight hiking . His home page is at http://www.rayjardine everything2.com/index.pl?node=Ray%20Jardine
Ray Jardine walked away from a career as an aerospace engineer to pursue a life, not a career. In doing so, Ray changed the nature of outdoor sports. First as a wilderness instructor, then a rock climber, blue water sailor, hiker, and other pursuits. R www.centerwalk.com/source/info.html