No. 749 Tony Calderone, 2011

File — Box: 72, Folder: 22

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Rock climber and guidebook author Tony Calderone (b. 1966) was born and raised in upstate New York. He learned rock and ice climbing as a boy, and mostly climbed the Gunks, though he traveled all over the East and some in the West before moving to Salt Lake City in 1991, inspired by Climbing and Rock and Ice magazines’ Utah coverage. A self-described traditional climber, Mr. Calderone remembers that in the mid ‘90s the climbing community was very close knit compared to the present. He worked for Merrill Bitter for ten years and admires him hugely, and feels a strong sense of history and continuity, of knowledge passed down, that he fears may be lost with the current climbing generation. Mr. Calderone discusses his own climbing philosophy at some length, particularly in regard to the ethics of climbing and rebolting, and provides a lengthy description of bolting methods. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Utah and finds it interesting how many traditional climbers are engineers.
Project: Outdoor Recreation.
Interviewer: Matt Driscoll and Erin Halcomb.

Dates

2011

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