Climber Dreams of Preserving Yosemite’s Rich Climbing History
Yosemite has long been felt as the “heart” of big wall climbing in America. In fact, much of what we know as climbing today was pioneered in Yosemite or by climbers who’d grown up climbing Yosemite’s big walls. Here’s one man who’d like to see that rich history preserved.
LA Times (free registration required):During three decades as a rock climber, Ken Yager has amassed plenty of personal history on the towering granite walls framing Yosemite Valley. He’s ascended El Capitan’s wrinkled face more than 50 times and established scores of knee-quaking routes up other cliffs and sheer spires.But his biggest mark may come on flat terra firma.
Yager is behind the push to build a museum celebrating Yosemite Valley’s center-stage role in the development of modern rock climbing.
I’d love to see a climbers museum in the Valley and the famous Camp 4 couldn’t be a better location.
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