Allen SteckAllen Steck, born in 1926, is an American mountaineer and rock climber. He has climbed around the world, with a number of first ascents, including the Steck-Salalthe Route up Sentinal Rock in Yosemite Valley, and Hummingbird Ridge in Alaska. Jintly with Norman Clyde, he was the first recipient of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award in 1970. Also in 1970, he won th eAmerican Alpine Club's Literary Award for co-authoring Fifty Classic Climbs of North America with Steve Roper. Read More Read Less