Lito tejada flores biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders!
Lito tejada flores biography for kids
In this essay, LTF attempts to re-direct the conversation within the climbing community about what climbing is and why we climb. The piece originally appeared in Ascent magazine in 1967 and was one of several essays writen for that now defunct publication by LTF.
A few words about Lito Tejada-Flores; Chillian born climber/skier, was a part of the Valley climbing scene in the 1960's.
He directed a movie called "Fitzroy" which depicts the first ascent of Mt Fitzroy(11,073ft)in Argentine Patagonia via the southwest ridge in 1968. The film featured Yvon Chouinard, Dick Dorworth, Chris Jones, Doug Tompkins and LTF and includes footage of the road trip from Ventura to Patagonia as well as the climb.
LTF appears in another movie called "El Capitan" by Fred Padula which is about a 1978 ascent of The Nose on El Cap in Yosemite Valley with Gary Collirer, Richard M