Ray D'Arcy at Devils Lake                                                          photo:PG


Ray D'Arcy on D'Arcy's Buttress, Devil's Lake                                     photo:PG

RAY D'ARCY, visiting physicist at U. C., started climbing with UCMC around 1961. Ray had a unique combination of determination, energy, and dynamic and flexible style that propelled him to the top of the hardest Devils Lakes climbs.  Indeed, some of his top-roped ascents were not considered doable until Ray did them. In the 1995 Guidebook to Devils Lake climbing (the latest available, apparently), an entire buttress is named in Ray's honor: D'Arcy Buttress, which not surprisingly contains D'Arcy's Wall. Ray's work-schedule precluded his joining our long Teton trips, but he frequently climbed with us at Devils Lake.

[I have not been able to locate an email address or other contact for Ray.  Any information would be appreciated.]

Climbing Photos of Ray D'Arcy