Larry Deangelo

DeAngelo started climbing way back in 1969 in Southern California. Stony Point, Tahquitz, and the Southern Sierra were home back then. He moved to Las Vegas in the late 1980s adn Red Rocks is home now. Due to a serious inclination to live in the past, history comes naturally to him. His anachronistic approach (he still ties in with a swami belt and uses a hip belay) has caused some of the local climbers to grace him with the nickname "Scary Larry." He wears it as a badge of honor, since the soun

DeAngelo started climbing way back in 1969 in Southern California. Stony Point, Tahquitz, and the Southern Sierra were home back then. He moved to Las Vegas in the late 1980s adn Red Rocks is home now. Due to a serious inclination to live in the past, history comes naturally to him. His anachronistic approach (he still ties in with a swami belt and uses a hip belay) has caused some of the local climbers to grace him with the nickname "Scary Larry." He wears it as a badge of honor, since the soun See less