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  1. Climbing author. Long has over forty titles varying from Pale Moon: American Indian Folklore and Legends, to short-form literary fiction anthologies, to photos/narrative books on beach culture and big wave surfing. His how-to books on adventure sports have been industry leaders for twenty years.

  2. Jun 1, 2023 · True Fact: John Long, Stonemaster, is a Bouldering World Cup Junkie. Most know him for his historic big wall ascents in Yosemite. But in fact, his favorite pastime was always bouldering. Here, he reflects on the discipline's evolution. Published Jun 1, 2023 John Long.

  3. Jan 18, 2024 · A character like no other, publisher, explorer, and original Stone Master, John Long is one of history's most influential rock climbers. With stories like “Pumping Sandstone” and “Pumping Granite” published in Climbing Magazine, he contributed to shaping free climbing and bouldering as we know it today.

    • Free soloing with a devil on one’s shoulder. Legends of the Mind. “We committed numerous Herman Buhl proverbs to memory and recited them. Whenever one of us got strung out on a sketchy lead we’d lip our favorite line, “Every man must make his own choices, and every man must climb his own mountain.”
    • Death on El Cap pulls two climbers in opposite directions. Gravity. “I was hauling the pig to the top of the Half Dollar, 800-feet up the Salathé Wall, when the sound hit me like a punch.
    • Violating sacrosanct trad ethics was, ironically, liberating. Guilty Pleasures. “Not surprisingly, the few Red Rocks locals were alarmed by the Uriostes’ disregard for traditional style, a style that kept adrenaline levels high but also kept us in the cracks.
  4. Feb 7, 2023 · Author John Long, Stonemaster, has written over 40 books, with nearly three million copies in print. Yosemite Valley. Dawn. Mike Lechlinski and I are just stirring in our hammocks, lashed high on the granite face of El Capitan, when a whooshing sound shatters the silence. Louder, closer, building to a roar. Rockfall. Heading right for us: we ...

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  5. Mar 24, 2010 · John Long could be described as the spokesperson for the second 'Golden Age' of the Yosemite rock climbing experience. In this brash, no holds barred interview John even talks about steroid use! Did he or didn't he; listen in if you want to know the truth.

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  7. Sep 19, 2016 · John Long (co-author of ‘The Stonemasters’; arrived at Yosemite in 1969 at age 16 from Upland, California): The Stonemasters were a cultural event that happened in the mid 1970s that catalyzed ...