John Bachar

John Bachar

male, 52 years old
John Bachar (1957~) is an American rock climber who took the art of climbing without a rope, or free soloing, to unprecedented levels.
Pat Ament

Pat Ament

male, 63 years old
Pat Ament (born 1946) is an American rock climber who has achieved distinction not only with his first ascents, but as an author of more than two...

John Salathe

male
John Salathe (1900-1993) was a pioneering rock climber and the inventor of the modern piton. Salathe was born in Switzerland and emigrated to the...
Carl Sharsmith

Carl Sharsmith

male, deceased (1994)
Carl W. Sharsmith (March 14, 1903 - October 14, 1994) was an American naturalist.
Shirley Sargent

Shirley Sargent

female, deceased (2004)
Shirley Sargent was a historian of the Yosemite area in the United States. Sargent was born in Pasadena, California. Her father was a surveyor who...
George Fiske

George Fiske

male, deceased (1918)
George Fiske was a well-known landscape photographer in the United States. Fiske was born in Amherst, New Hampshire and moved west with his brother...
Malcolm Margolin

Malcolm Margolin

male, 68 years old
Malcolm Margolin is an independent publisher (founder owner of Heyday Books) and an author with a special interest in memoirs and diaries, the...
James Mason Hutchings

James Mason Hutchings

male, deceased (1902)
James Mason Hutchings was born in England on February 10, 1820. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1848, then went to California in 1849 during the Gold...
Lafayette Bunnell

Lafayette Bunnell

male, deceased (1903)
Lafayette Houghton Bunnell (1824-1903), an explorer of Yosemite Valley, was born in Rochester, New York. In 1851, Bunnell was a member of the...
David R. Brower

David R. Brower

male, deceased (2000)
David Ross Brower (July 1, 1912 - November 5, 2000) was a prominent environmentalist and the founder of many environmentalist organizations,...