Answer the following question: Facts: - known for: rock climbing , free solo climbing - caption: peter croft in salt lake city , circa 1990 - birth date: 18 may 1958 - name: peter croft - image: file trade show.jpg : peter croft , at the salt lake - birth place: canada Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of peter croft -lrb- climber -rrb- .
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peter croft is a rock climber and mountaineer who was born in canada on may 18 , 1958 and now lives in bishop , california .he has concentrated much of his rock climbing career on big routes in yosemite national park , squamish , british columbia as well as the high sierra .he received the american alpine club 's robert & miriam underhill award in 1991 .croft listed '' the evolution traverse '' -lrb- yds class 5.9 grade vi -rrb- which links mount mendel , mount darwin , mount haeckel , mount fiske , mount warlow and mount huxley as one of his favorite climbs in '' fifty favorite climbs : the ultimate north american tick list '' royal robbins , a leading climber of the previous generation , wrote about croft and his climbing achievements in 2000 : '' peter has been my hero for many years , ever since he came blazing out of nowhere with his stunning free solo ascent of astroman on washington column in yosemite .tom frost and i had made the second ascent of this route , mostly with direct aid in the early sixties .that one could climb this route without resorting to direct aid was impressive .to do it without a rope was astonishing .but such was peter 's level of mastery .that it was mastery , and not mere daring was proven by a string of free solos of similar stature , executed to perfection . ''