yds history

[jennie]

Does anybody know when the yosemite decimal system started. I was thinking it was late 60's.???

[Dru]

tahquitz, 1950's.

 

letter grades added by bridwell, 1970?

[allthumbs]

Class 1: you fall, you're stupid.

Class 2: you fall, you break your arm.

Class 3: you fall, you break your leg.

Class 4: you fall, you are almost dead (i.e., you can't breath and move your arms, legs, and head).

Class 5: you fall, you are dead.

[Greg_W]

Pick up a copy of Steve Roper's "Camp 4"; it has a lot of good history and does give the chronology of the YDS System. I think Dru is pretty close on his dates.

 

Greg

[jennie]

Thanks...