Billy Westbay was an American rock climber, known for his ascents of El Capitan in California.
Westbay worked as a climbing ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park, and was known for his skills in mountain rescue. He was a skilled and adventurous climber, and was part of the climbing scene that had gathered around Lumpy Ridge.
Westbay was a member of the Stonemasters, an influential group of climbers in California who gathered in locations such as the Yosemite Mountains.
Westbay died on 29 July 2000, of bladder cancer at the age of 47. Some of Billy's ashes were taken and released on top of Longs Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado in the summer of 2004.
External links
- ^ "Rock-climbing legend Westbay, a quiet hero, dies". denverpost.com. 2019-06-16. Archived from the original on 2019-06-16. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- Achey, Jeff; Chelton, Dudley (2002). Climb!: The History of Rock Climbing in Colorado. The Mountaineers Books. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-89886-876-0.
- Zaleski, Luke (19 September 2016). "Meet the California Crew That Brought Sex, Drugs, and Free Jazz to Rock Climbing". GQ. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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