Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Steve Roper

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American mountaineer Steve Roper.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Steve Roper

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.

Goddamn it ! His parka doesn't fit me ! — © Steve Roper
Goddamn it ! His parka doesn't fit me !
Climbers seem to forget that we said in our introduction that there were simply '50 classic routes', not 'the 50 classics'. We chose 50 from a list of about 120. Only a torturer will ever pry loose from our lips the names of those other 70 classics.
I strode among giants, friends tell me now, though at the time I felt more like a misfit associating with oddballs.
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