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Ron Kauk
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(1957-09-23)September 23, 1957 Redwood City, California, United States
Ron Kauk (born 23 September 1957) is an American rock climber. Kauk is associated with Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley, where he lived for decades, now a resident of El Portal, California.[1]
In 1975, he made the first free ascent of the east face of Washington Column with John Long and John Bachar. In 1978 he climbed the roof crack Separate Reality, without camming devices. The same year he put up Midnight Lightning. In 1979, along with John Roskelley, Kim Schmitz, and Bill Forrest, he made the first ascent of East Face, Uli Biaho, Pakistan. In 1990 he put up the rap-bolted Crossroads and in 1997 he climbed Magic Line on pre-placed gear, both in Yosemite.
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climber is being considered for merging. › RonKauk (born 23 September 1957) is an American rock climber. Kauk is associated with Camp 4 in Yosemite Valley...
spread widely with climbers such as Ron Fawcett (Britain), Bernd Arnold (Germany), Patrick Berhault (France), RonKauk and John Bachar (USA). As a free solo...
exterior high school gym walls on many occasions. John Long, John Yablonski, RonKauk and Mike Graham, whom Bachar met in the early 1970s, all free soloed with...
Shawangunks, (US) – 1977 – First-ever repeat of a consensus 7b+ (5.12c), by RonKauk. 7b (5.12b) English Hanging Gardens – Big Rock, Lake Perris, California...
Lewis, Bill Antel, Jim Hoagland, Tobin Sorenson, John Bachar, Lynn Hill, RonKauk, Ken Yager and John Long. Loosely organized, the senior member and leader...
of Meltdown, a thin sustained crack in Yosemite previously projected by RonKauk. A proposed grade of 5.14c made it the hardest pitch in Yosemite, and first...
Moffatt did the first free ascent of the Yosemite's Lost Arrow Spire with RonKauk, as a live television event with an audience of over 30 million for ABC's...
Jean-Baptiste Tribout to leading American traditional climbers such as RonKauk and John Bachar. By the end of the 1990s, the UIAA, and latterly the International...
Moffatt did the first free ascent of the Lost Arrow Spire Chimney with RonKauk, as a live television event with an audience of over 30 million for ABC's...
to July 5, 1979, and the team consisted of John Roskelley, Kim Schmitz, RonKauk, and Bill Forrest. In 1988, another ascent of Uli Biaho Tower was achieved...
Peter Kaufmann (1858–1924) Switzerland, guide in Alps and Canadian Rockies RonKauk (born 1957) US, rock climber, many first ascents in Yosemite, stunt work...
Climbing magazine recounted a story from the 1970s where John Bachar and RonKauk reportedly joked that the line [then unnamed] would one day fall to John...
(VII F8 A4) Uli Biaho, Karakorum, Pakistan. FA of route and peak with RonKauk, Bill Forrest and Kim Schmitz. 1980 Makalu, Nepal. Roskelley became the...
contact with American climbers spending their summers in Yosemite, such as RonKauk and John Bachar, masters of bouldering. After his experience at Yosemite...
Brad Roy (2008–2012) Jeff Snell (2007–2008) Dan Michaluk (2005–2007) Kerry Kauk (2004–2005[D]) [D] Dan Michaluk (1997–2004) Unifor Local 4003 Sina Piluso...
with "Rain of Revolution"". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 3 February 2021. Kavaler, Ron (22 March 2017). "Israel Calling! Eurovision Promo Event Set for April 3...
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