David Roberts

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David Roberts was an American author and mountaineer known for his influential books on climbing, exploration, and adventure history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
human
mountaineer
climbedIn Alaska Range
southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest canyons

Denali National Park and Preserve
surface form: Denali National Park region

Himalayas
collaboratedWith Alex Honnold
Conrad Anker
Ed Viesturs
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
fieldOfWork Alaskan mountaineering
American Southwest archaeology
exploration history
mountaineering
genre adventure non-fiction
biography
exploration history
mountaineering literature
influenced contemporary adventure writing
modern mountaineering literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
notableFor historical narratives of exploration
influential books on climbing
popularizing history of the American Southwest’s ancient cultures
writing about risk and ethics in mountaineering
notableWork Alone on the Wall
Deborah: A Wilderness Narrative
Escape from Lucania
Finding Everett Ruess
Four Against the Arctic
In Search of the Old Ones
Limits of the Known
No Shortcuts to the Top
On the Ridge Between Life and Death
Sandstone Spine
Bears Ears National Monument
surface form: The Bears Ears

The Brave Ones
The Last of His Kind
The Lost Explorer
The Lost World of the Kalahari (introduction/related work)
In Search of the Old Ones
surface form: The Lost World of the Old Ones

The Mountain of My Fear
The Mountain of My Fear and Deborah (omnibus edition)
True Summit
occupation author
historian of exploration
mountaineer
positionHeld editor at The American Alpine Journal
wroteAbout Ancestral Puebloans
surface form: Ancestral Puebloan cultures

Everett Ruess
ethics of adventure and risk
high-altitude mountaineering
polar exploration

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Alex Honnold coAuthorWith David Roberts
Alone on the Wall author David Roberts