Location: Round Table Pizza, 2065 Occidental Road, Santa Rosa
Time & Date: Tuesday, Feb 7th, 2012 @ 7:30 PM (Social hours and free beer for members at 6:30)
Directions: From Highway 101 at Santa Rosa go west on Highway 12 to Stony Point Road Exit. Go straight from the middle lane at the light onto Occidental Road. The Round Table Pizza is on the right just down the road.
At the young age of 15, Dean Fidelman began climbing and taking photographs. Dean grew up in southern California and was given a high school photography assignment to take photos of rock climbers at Stoney Point, a bouldering area in the San Fernando Valley. Dean rode his bike the ten miles from his house and saw a shapley girl bouldering. His first thought was, “she’d look good climbing nude”. It would be another 30 years before Dean started his Stone Nudes project.
Dean fell in with a group of young climbers, which included John Long, John Bachar, Yabo and Lynn Hill, the Stone Masters. He began to document this period of climbing in California, the people and the lifestyle. In 2009, The Stonemasters book won the grand prize at the Banff Book Competition and has become an important addition to climbing history.
In the late 90’s, another group of talented climbers arrived in Yosemite Valley. They included Alex and Tomas Huber, Dean Potter, Tommy Caldwell, Steph Davis, Leo Houlding and a host of others. This group, known as the Stone Monkeys, has been Dean’s focus for the last ten years and is included in Stonemasters Press – The Valley Climbers.
Join the Rock Ice & Mountain Club, as Dean presents beautiful photos and shares stories from Stone Masters, Stone Monkeys and Stone Nudes.
