* 1961 North Face of Mount Edith Cavell, Canadian Rockies, Canada with Yvon Chouinard

* 1961 Beckey-Chouinard Route on South Howser Tower, Bugaboos, Canada with Yvon Chouinard and Dan Doody

This evolution in climbing ethics has been largely attributed to the efforts of Yvon Chouinard and many others, who pioneered the " leave no trace " ethic in climbing.

In 1966, Yvon Chouinard led a dramatic redesign of ice axes, working with a reluctant manufacturer Charlet to develop a 55-cm ice axe with a dramatically curved pick.

* 1961 North Face, IV 5. 7, First ascent by Yvon Chouinard, Fred Beckey and Dan Doody.

Black Diamond Equipment ’ s history dates back to the late 1950 ’ s, when climber Yvon Chouinard began hand-forging pitons and selling them from the trunk of his car in Yosemite Valley.

In early 1989, after several product-liability lawsuits and a continued lack of profitability, Yvon Chouinard placed the company in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Some, such as Yvon Chouinard, made and sold climbing equipment in the camp's parking lot, laying the foundation for successful businesses later.

In 1972, when clean climbing became an issue in the US, Yvon Chouinard began manufacturing chocks made specifically for rock climbing, with the familiar wedge shape still in use today.

Within several years, another well-known Yosemite climber Yvon Chouinard began to commercially manufacture metal chocks, or nuts, in California.

It was designed by Tom Frost and Yvon Chouinard in 1959, and manufactured by Chouinard Equipment in the 1960s.

* Lost Arrow-designed by John Salathé and Yvon Chouinard, now made by Black Diamond, are a hot-forged, tapered piton that performs well in medium-size cracks.

Yvon Deschamps was the host, and appeared alongside Normand Chouinard, Normand Brathwaite, Pauline Martin and Michèle Deslauriers.

Yvon Chouinard with equipment for rock climbing, including Hexentrics.

In the ' 50s and ' 60s pioneering rock-climbers Royal Robbins and Yvon Chouinard learned to climb at Stoney Point.

As an early proponent of boltless, pitonless clean climbing, he, along with Yvon Chouinard, was instrumental in changing the climbing culture of the late 1960s and early 1970s by encouraging the use and preservation of the natural features of the rock.

With Tom Frost, Chuck Pratt and Yvon Chouinard.

He was accompanied by Yvon Chouinard, Reg Lake, John Wasserman and Jackson Frischman.

This was followed by: the wildly overhanging Leaning Tower, also done with Denny and still one of the most popular big-wall routes in Yosemite ; the North Face of the ' Rostrum ' just outside Yosemite Valley, again with Denny ( a notoriously hard and spectacular later one-day testpiece as a free climb ); and the beautiful and isolated 2500 foot face of Mount Watkins across from Half Dome, done with Yvon Chouinard and Chuck Pratt ( with ' hard man ' Harding famously refusing water on the parched last days of the climb to save it for those doing the final leads ).

Some felt, such as historian Steve Roper, English Mountain magazine editor Ken Wilson, and southern Californians like Robbins and Yvon Chouinard, that Harding's flamboyant willingness to use expansion bolts took some of the adventure away from climbing.

Watkins, Yosemite, CA, with Yvon Chouinard and Chuck Pratt.

Fred Beckey and Yvon Chouinard ( founder of the Patagonia clothing company ) established new routes on several spires.

FA by Yvon Chouinard, Dick Dorworth, Chris Jones, Lito Tejada-Flores and Douglas Tompkins ( all USA ).

Yvon Neptune ( born November 8, 1946 in Cavaillon, Haiti ) was Prime Minister of Haïti from 2002 until 2004.

Yvon Charbonneau, PC ( born July 11, 1940 in Mont-Saint-Michel, Quebec ) is a Canadian politician.

Yvon Dupuis, ( born October 11, 1926 ) is a former Canadian politician.

Yvon Deschamps, CQ ( born July 31, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a Quebec author, actor, comedian and producer best known for his monologues.

Yvon Deschamps was born in Montreal's working-class Saint-Henri district.

W. Yvon Dumont, OM ( born January 21, 1951 ) is a Manitoba politician and office-holder.

Yvon Pinard, PC ( born October 10, 1940 in Drummondville, Quebec ) is a judge and former Canadian politician.

Joseph Gilbert Yvon " Jean " Ratelle ( born October 3, 1940 ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Yvon Poitras ( born July 13, 1948 in Grand Falls, New Brunswick ) is a Canadian businessman, politician and lobbyist.

Yvon Jules Labre ( born November 29, 1949 in Sudbury, Ontario ) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player.

Carl Joseph Yvon Ouellet ( born December 30, 1967 ) is a retired Canadian professional wrestler.

Georges Henri Yvon Joseph Ruggiu ( born October 12, 1957 in Verviers, Belgium ) was a presenter on the Rwandan radio station Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, which played a significant role in promoting the Rwandan Genocide .< ref name =" TW ">

* Yvon Deschamps ( born 1935 ), Canadian author and humorist

* Yvon Godin, ( born 1955 ), a Canadian politician

In November 1937, Ribbentrop was placed in a highly embarrassing situation when his forceful advocacy of the return of the former German colonies led to the British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the French Foreign Minister Yvon Delbos offering to open talks on returning the former German colonies, in return for which the Germans would make binding commitments to respect their borders in Central and Eastern Europe.

Yvon Delbos ( 7 May 1885 – 15 November 1956 ) was a French Radical-Socialist Party politician and minister.

Originally developed by Yvon Rozijn, AWeb was shipped with version 3. 9 of AmigaOS, and is now open source.

* Wimbledon Men's Singles Championship – Yvon Petra ( France ) defeats Geoff Brown ( Australia ) 6 – 2, 6 – 4, 7 – 9, 5 – 7, 6 – 4