Stewart M Green passes away.

For those of you who knew Stewart, he passed away suddenly this week in Colorado Springs. Several memorials have been written, but this is the one that ran in our local paper.

Stewart M Green Remembered

If you bought any of the Falcon climbing guides to Utah, Colorado he more than likely wrote them. 

This is heartbreaking news Tim

I am really sorry to hear this. He was a real beacon of light, a keeper of so much lore and history. He will be missed.

A genuine character with a wealth of knowledge. I respected him immensely for the endless hours spent replacing fixed hardware and advocating for Colorado Springs climbing. Rest In Peace, my friend.

One of his films was digitized in this 48 min documentary:

FA of Luxury Liner “aka Supercrack of the Desert” 

I was very saddened to learn of Stewart's passing. A lifelong climber, he made many important contributions to our sport--though his new routes, his books and other writings, and his efforts in support of crag stewardship and maintaining access.

I didn't know him well, but the interactions that we did have--often involving guidebook work and climbing history, were always very positive, informative and productive. He will be very greatly missed. RIP. 

Much of Colorado Springs climbing history would have been largely forgotten if Stewart hadn't been there to participate, document and film it, and of course share it with future generations. Thank you Stewart.

Sad news for sure. Stewart was a really nice guy.  Very knowledgeable and always willing to share this knowledge.  I always enjoyed running into him in completely random places.

We bumped into Stewart in the New River Gorge some 20 years ago. He was helping Eric Horst with a crag cleanup. Also being from Colorado and of the same age as I, he stopped to chat. He had recently broken his leg, and was talking about the experience of almost falling on a 5.6 during rehab. 

A stellar representative of our sport, he will be sorely missed.

Sad I never got the chance to meet him as I have always looked up to what he wrote. The guides Stewart wrote and the info he posted is almost the all the Colorado Springs info that exists and then some. People like Stewart kept the adventure and history in climbing and for that I am grateful.

I was saddened to hear of Stewart’s passing.  We met in 1999 at Paradise Forks, AZ.  We climbed several times together at a number of places around AZ.  He was always such an optimistic, kind spirit.  I did sandbag him once, I believe for his book Rockclimbing AZ, he asked me driving directions to Winslow Wall and I gave him bunk advice which if I recall correctly was printed in the book.  At the time I was naive enough to think special climbing areas could be preserved if kept off the radar (this was infant stages of the internet and several years before MP and ST).  I believe they call this ”gatekeeping” now (FWIW I lost that battle to conserve WW).  Although we disagreed on guidebooks and publishing route beta, we always got along well.

Stewart was a good man.  I’ll always remember his friendly, kind demeanor.  

Unfortunately the link provided shows nothing. . .

Steve Williams wrote:

Unfortunately the link provided shows nothing. . .

Steve, the link above to the film about Supercrack and Luxury Liner works just fine. The film starts with a black screen and a few seconds of silence, so you need to wait for five or 10 seconds to see the titles and the rest of the content.
Excellent Chris Alstrin film, btw. for anyone who hasn’t seen it!

Andrew

I was referring to the link on the first post to the newspaper article. . . 

Steve Williams wrote:

Andrew

I was referring to the link on the first post to the newspaper article. . . 

Available here via the Wayback Machine;

https://tinyurl.com/Stewart-Green-obituary