Some 20 years ago, David Roberts and his wife discovered a stunning ... He once discovered a series of sandstone steps covered with thousands of pottery shards, a site he dubbed Pottery Steps.

By John Branch When David Roberts wrote his first book, a personal account of climbing and death in the mountains of Alaska, more than 50 years ago, he sparked a genre of outdoors writing that ...

David Roberts, foremost Alpinist, adventurer and author, died Aug. 20 of complications related to throat cancer. He was 78 years old. Roberts started climbing in Boulder, where he earned straight ...