Forgotten Hero – Frank Sacherer 1940-1978
Search Wikipedia for “Frank Sacherer,” and you’ll find … nothing, at least not in English. Google him and the first listing is often “Find a Grave,” which tells you that he was born in 1940, was a theoretical physicist and a Yosemite rock climber who died in a mountaineering accident. Simply put, Frank Sacherer was one of the fathers of free climbing.