Site 8 - The Emergence of Rock Climbing in Salt Lake City

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• Calderone, Tony.  Big Cottonwood Canyon, Rock Climbing, 2nd Edition.  Granite, Utah, Mountain Dreamer Publishing, 2021.

• Flynn, John.  “From Pitons to Plastic: A Vertical History of the Wasatch.”  Utah Historical Quarterly, Spring 2025, Volume 93, Number 2. p. 95.

• Gottman, John W.  W

• Wasatch Quartzite. Salt Lake City, Utah, Wasatch Mountain Club, 1979.

• Interview:  Goodro, Harold; Goodro, Helen; Petersen, O’Dell; Pinky.  Interview conducted by Phyllis Anderson. April 1, 1995.  Used by permission of the Wasatch Mountain Club. Audio Recording & Interview Transcript

• Ruckman, Bret and Ruckman, Stuart.  Wasatch Climbing North.  Evergreen Colorado, Chockstone Press, 1991.

• Salt Lake Climbers Alliance (https://www.saltlakeclimbers.org)

• The Wasatch Mountain Club - (https://www.wasatchmountainclub.org)