August 14, 2019
Yosemite climber Ron Kauk was transfixed by the beauty of climbing during a backpacking trip in his youth. Kauk was faced with the choice of continuing with his formal education or moving his education to a different venue. He chose the path of nature and moved to Yosemite at age 17. Together, he and his rock-climbing contemporaries have explored Yosemite Valley and beyond, venturing into the granite domes of the high country in Tuolumne Meadows and down into the eastern Sierras.