While Jack Kerouac and co. were on the road, a new generation of
casually stylish, deeply tanned daredevils were test-piloting the
first modern surfboards and scaling Yosemite's last unclimbed
granite faces. They're celebrated in 'California Surfing and
Climbing in the Fifties,' featuring 102 photographs that capture
legends--surfer Bev Morgan at play in the Malibu waves, rock
climber Warren Harding ascending El Capitan--back when they were
just kids with an itch for adventure.
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Both Tribes are captured in the black-and-white and color images in
the book California Surfing and Climbing in the Fifties, out this
month. The candid, casual snapshots depict early pioneers like Bob
Simmons (who shaped some of the first Styrofoam surfboards) and
Royal Robins, the first person to climb the vertical face of Half
Dome, in 1957. Looking through these images, you'll find it hard
not to fall under their spell - or daydream about buying a one-way
ticket to the Golden State.
*Conde Nast Traveler*
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