The Stettner Way: Life and Climbs of Joe and Paul Stettner

by Jack Gorby, Jack Gorby

* A remarkable story of early mountaineering legends and a list of their most significant climbs
* Fifty vintage black-and-white photographs and six maps
* Many exciting stories and personal anecdotes

Joe and Paul Stettner have been called the first true sport climbers in America; contemporary and fellow legend Paul Petzoldt called them "the human flies" for their bold and acrobatic style. Legends in the early mountaineering community, they put up some of the most difficult routes in North America during a career that spanned the beginnings of modern rock climbing in the 1920s to well into the big-wall climbing era of the 1950s. This is a story not only of climbing adventure but of lives touched by many of the great dramas of the 20th Century.

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed ready about Joe and Paul Stettner. Climbing pioneers of mountaineering. Both brothers served in the famed 10th Mountain Division during WWII. An exciting read about mainly Joe and his brother Paul through their life of climbing in Europe and within the United States. Also they added credibility to the Chicago Mountaineering Club. Fantastic read.

[Andrea Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is about my great great uncles. I read it years ago, but wanted to read again before going on a trip to CO. So cool to have this as a piece of family history