Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Steve Roper

Born: 1941 (age 84)
Bio: Steve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent.
Known for:
- Fifty Classic Climbs of North America (1979)
- The Sierra High Route (1997)
- The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (1976)
- Yosemite Valley Free Climbs: Supertopos (2003)