Allen Steck

In 1949, in post-war Europe, two students embarked on a great climbing adventure bicycling across the Alps, checking off grand walls and faces that remain sought after, though not without mishap.

A rare glimpse of the hardware carried by John Salathé, Royal Robbins, Warren Harding and William "Dolt "Feurer to pioneer Yosemite's granite crucibles.

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