








Descent Magazine

Argosy Magazine article about the Climb.










Argosy Magazine

Stovelegs Letter 1

Stovelegs Letter 2

Stovelegs Letter 3

Notes dropped in tin cans by the FA Team

Notes dropped in tin cans by the FA Team 2

Notes dropped in tin cans by the FA Team 3

Dolt in Camp 4. Note the umbrella clipped to his waist.

Dolt on an early attempt of the Nose of El Capitan in 1957. Dolt designed and fabricated much of the equipment used on the Nose. Photo by Al Steck.


Dolt, circa late 1950's. Glen Denny and Jerry Gallwas corrected me in identifying Dolt. I had thought it was Mark Powell because he was known for wearing a similar hat. Apparently this hat style was popular in the late "50's.

Mark Powell and Warren Harding in Camp 4, 1957. Note the similar hat.

The creation of Bill "Dolt" Feurer. The Doltcart was retired after Dolt Tower during the first ascent of the Nose of El Capitan and was never used again. It was pulled up with the use of a capstan.




Harding and Powell rappelling off the Nose of El Capitan during the first effort on the first ascent in 1957. Photo by Bill "Dolt" Feuerer.
Bill "Dolt" Feuerer
Fresno Bee Article. November 12th, 1958

A letter written by Tom Rohrer describing his retrieval of a Stoveleg piton that had been dropped in a crack on the Folly.