Alsup, William H.
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Walter Augustus "Pete" Starr, Jr. (1903-1933) was an American lawyer and mountain climber. A graduate of Stanford University, Starr was a respected lawyer in San Francisco, but he is better known for his abilities as a mountain climber and an explorer of the Sierra Nevada. Starr was an icon in the climbing world. He had scaled more than 40 prominent summits in the Sierra and several in the Alps, including France's Mont Blanc. In August 1933, he failed to return from a month-long hike in the Minarets. The search that followed, which led to the eventual discovery of his body by Norman Clyde, is one of the most dramatic true tales of the Sierra exploration. His body was buried where it was found.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79012589
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California--Minarets Wilderness
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Minarets Wilderness (Calif.)
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Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)
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