Tom Frost
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Thomas "Tom" M. Frost was an American rock climber known for big wall climbing first ascents in Yosemite Valley. He was also a photographer and climbing equipment manufacturer. Frost was born in Holly
Frost during the second ascent of The Nose route on El Capitan in 1961
John Harlin II, Tom Frost, Gary Hemming, and Stewart Fulton at the L’Envers des Aiguille Hut in 1963.
The southwest face of El Capitan from Yosemite Valley. Salathé Wall takes a line up the central part of the face.
Frost, Robbins, Pratt and Chouinard at the completion of the first ascent of the North America Wall on El Capitan in 1964. Photo by Tom Frost.
Royal Robbins
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Royal Robbins was one of the pioneers of American rock climbing.
Tom Frost
…in 1958. In 1960, he made the second ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, a route pioneered by Warren Harding in 1958. He climbed with Royal Robbins, Chuck Pratt and Joe Fitschen. In 1961, Frost and Yvon Chouinard visited the Tetons, and made the first ascent of the northeast face of Disappointment…
Royal Robbins in the early 1960s.
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Royal Robbins in the 1990s
Royal Robbins leading the third pitch of the Salathé Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.