Steve RoperSteve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent. Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineerig Award for 1983.[1] He is also, with Allen Steck, the recipient of the American Alpine Club's Literary Award (1995). Read More Read Less