Dwight Bishop

Dwight Bishop (1955 to 2004) was an American rock climber and guide, known for his technical skill and for climbing in the Teton Range of the northwestern United States. Born at Fort Benning, Georgia, he studied physical therapy and worked in his family equipment rental business in Butte, Montana. He earned recognition in the climbing community for ascents of demanding routes, including the Eiger in the Bernese Alps, and made many ascents in the Tetons, often by free solo and some in winter. He was a prominent Teton guide and published a handbook for climbers, Butte's Climbing Guide. Outside climbing he was a long distance cyclist who rode the Race Across America in 1993 and 2000, studied kendo in Japan and held a black belt in taekwondo. He died in 2004 in a fall while attempting to free solo the Grand Traverse of the Grand Teton.