Upward Bound
By Karl Gustafson (ApMath'58; Fin'58)
(Filter Press; 188 pages; 2025)
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, Karl "Gus" Gustafson and his closest friends were at the forefront of the sport of free climbing in Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô, achieving many first ascents. Upward Bound details the adventures of ten teenage climbers who took on Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô's fiercest rock faces and towering mountain peaks, discovering courage, character, and camaraderie in the process.Â
This coming-of-age memoir is filled with untold Ä¢¹½Ó°Òô history, climbing lore, and historic climbing photographs.