Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
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)