David Roberts (climber)

David Roberts is a climber, mountaineer, and author of books and articles about climbing. He is particularly noted for his books The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative, chronicling major ascents in Alaska in the 1960s, which had a major impact on the form of mountaineering literature. In thirteen seasons spent in the Alaskan wilderness, Roberts is well known for many first ascents, including the Wickersham Wall on Mount McKinley, the West ridge of Mount Huntington, climbing the Western Brooks Range, Kichatna Spire, and the East Face of Mount Dickey.

Roberts is the son of Walter Orr Roberts and mentor to Jon Krakauer. He lives in Cambridge, MA.

Bibliography

• The Mountain of My Fear. (1968) Vanguard Press.
• Deborah: A wilderness narrative. (1970)
• Moments of Doubt: And Other Mountaineering Writings. (1986) The Mountaineers. ISBN 0898861187
• Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts. (1997) The Mountaineers. ISBN 0898865093
• In Search of the Old Ones. (1997) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684832127
• A Newer World : Kit Carson John C Fremont And The Claiming Of The American West. (2001) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684870215
• Great Exploration Hoaxes (2001). Modern Library. ISBN 0679783245
• True Summit : What Really Happened on the Legendary Ascent on Annapurna. (2002) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743203275
• Escape from Lucania : An Epic Story of Survival. (2002) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743224329
• Four Against the Arctic: Shipwrecked for Six Years at the Top of the World. (2003). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743224310
• On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined. (2005). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743255186
• Sandstone Spine: Seeking the Anasazi on the First Traverse of the Comb Ridge, photographs by Greg Child. (2005) The Mountaineers. ISBN 1594850054
• The Pueblo Revolt: The Secret Rebellion that Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest. (2005) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743255178
• Devil's Gate: Brigham Young and the Great Mormon Handcart Tragedy. (2008) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 1416539883
• The Last of His Kind: The Life and Adventures of Bradford Washburn, America's Boldest Mountaineer. (2009) William Morrow. ISBN 978-0-06-156094-1

Co-authored books

• Mount McKinley: The Conquest of Denali, with Bradford Washburn (1991) Harry N Abrams. ISBN 0810936119
• Iceland: Land of the Sagas, with Jon Krakauer. (1998) Villard. ISBN 0375752676
• The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mt. Everest, with Conrad Anker. (2001) Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0684871521
• No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks, with Ed Viesturs. (2006) Broadway. ISBN 0767924703

Edited books

Points Unknown: The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Twentieth Century (2002) W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393323781

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