Roach, Gerry

Gerry Roach moved to Boulder Colorado as a lad in 1954, and started climbing rocks and mountains shortly thereafter. Over six decades later, he continues pursuing his mountaineering passion with all the energy he can muster. In the intervening years, Gerry became a world-class mountaineer. After climbing Mount Everest in 1983, he went on to become the second person to climb the highest peak on each of the seven continents in 1985. In over 55 years of mountaineering that span 6 different calendar decades, Gerry has climbed in dozens of states and countries. He has been on 29 Alaskan expeditions...