Ode to the fathers of Rock climbing

Jack Frost the Pioneer short video please visit the link below

http://www.auroranovus.com/projects/project/tom-frost/25/v

Yvon Chouinard

 Yvon Chouinard—legendary climbing pioneer and founder of the clothing and gear company Patagonia.

In the late 1960s climbing was in its formative years, and its temple was Yosemite Valley. Royal Robbins and Yvon Chouinard were two of the best climbers in the world, and their ascent of the West Face of the Sentinel and El Capitan was challenged.  Along with being a climbing pioneer, Chouinard is among the most innovative and influential entrepreneurs in the outdoor industry. In its early incarnation, he developed a variety of climbing equipment under the company name Chouinard Equipment Ltd., selling it  out of the back of his van. When he learned of the damage his top-selling pitons wrought on the mountains, he shifted his production toward "clean climbing" equipment, revolutionizing the sport. In 1989, Chouinard Equipment Ltd. was acquired by its employees and reborn as Black Diamond Equipment. Black Diamond is currently one of The Alpinist Film Festival's sponsors.

Royal Robins 

A young Royal Robins

Royal Robins bottom in Yvon on top  

Royal Robbins a major developer of techniques for big walls such as El Capitan and Half Dome, invented the Yosemite Decimal System, still in use for grading climb difficulty, and helped set a standard of ethics for clean climbing, without pitons or fixed ropes.  Harding was first up El Capitan, but by the Spring of 1968, when he soloed the second ascent of Muir Wall, he had made either the first or second ascents of all of El Cap's major faces, as well as the first ascent of the Northwest face of Half Dome.