Robert Leonard Reid

Robert Leonard Reid was a dedicated mountain climber for twenty-five years, a passion that began with his discovery of Sir John Hunt's The Conquest of Everest at the age of sixteen. A former Sierra Club mountaineering leader, he has written three memoirs and over one hundred magazine articles about alpinism, American landscapes, and his own personal philosophy.

Robert Leonard Reid was a dedicated mountain climber for twenty-five years, a passion that began with his discovery of Sir John Hunt's The Conquest of Everest at the age of sixteen. A former Sierra Club mountaineering leader, he has written three memoirs and over one hundred magazine articles about alpinism, American landscapes, and his own personal philosophy. See less