Vern Clevenger (born 1955 in

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) is a noted climber and

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. He made the first ascent of

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in 1982. He lives in

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with his wife and two children, Dylan and Sabrina. On April 13, 1977, Clevenger was arrested looting the crashed wreckage of a drug-smuggling airplane in

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. These efforts paid off with his first Nikon camera system. Clevenger shows his work at the Clevenger Gallery and Studio, in

, assisted by his wife Margaret, son Dylan, and daughter Sabrina.

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American mountain climbers American photographers 1955 births Living people People from Mammoth Lakes, California {{US-photographer-stub