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A Guide to Hiking, Climbing, Skiing, and Exploring the Mountain And Surrounding Area Drawings and descriptions of over 25 climbs in and around the Spokane, Washington area. Bob Loomis Written by Bob Loomis Illustrated by Nancy Loomis PaperbackR55 pagesSrd Edition

From the first time you step into your bindings to mastering the stride, the glide, and the skate: Steve Hindman has you covered. As a certified instructor, he's introduced hundreds of people to the sport; he also wrote the study guide for the Professional Ski Instructors of America certification exam....

The first and only guidebook available on climbing in Northern Thailand. Contains the most up-to-date information on all routes in the north, as well as helpful hints on transportation, good hotels, restaurants, bars, and a plethora of rest day activities. There is also useful info on other climbing areas in...

For alpinists, expeditions, trekking organizers and everyone is interested in the highest mountains in the world. Chronicles all expeditions, has detailed descriptions of the routes on Everest and neighboring mountains, with complete chronicle of top ascents up to mid-1992. Topo drawings showing details of the mountains. Text is English translated...

Welcome to the spectacular trails of Southern Oregon and adjacent Northern California! This comprehensive guide proves there's more to this scenic region than just Crater Lake National Park, the Rogue River, and Mt. Shasta. Come discover a hot springs in the hills behind Roseburg, a wildflower mecca near Ashland, and...

This is the latest issue of the American Alpine Club's annual account of significant climbs around the world; also has climbing essays, book reviews, summary of Club activities, etc. 500 pages.

Guide to Argentina's Aconcagua, the Western hemisphere's highest peak (22,841 ft). This book covers both popular and less traveled routes reached via the Horcones Valley, South Face, and Vacas and Relinchos valleys -- 27 routes total! Also info on equipment and permits needed, outfitters, seasons, weather, Spanish climbing phrases, climbing...

Details 80 routes throughout Alaska, offering a range of routes in the Chugach Range, Alaska Range, Fairweather Range, and more. Each of the routes has been climbed, documented, and double-checked by the authors to ensure accuracy and safety. Includes photos, many with route overlays, topo route maps, difficulty and time...

Autobiography of Jim Whittaker, first North American on Everest. A story of big mountains, big business and big names--Everest, K2, REI, and the Kennedys. 296 pages.

Allen & Mike are back with totally updated information and first-hand advice for all aspects of backcountry skiing and winter camping. Learn how to choose the right equipment, avoid hazards such as avalanches and extreme cold, build snow shelters, and have fun while staying safe and minimizing the impact on...

Following up on the phenomenal success of their debut backcountry ski book, Allen and Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips is the perfect book for anybody who's ever yearned to master the subtleties of the telemark turn. Over 100 clear, concise telemark tips are complemented by hilarious and helpful illustrations. Written...

Info on the classic (i.e., most popular) routes up sixty-one 4000-meter (12,000-ft) peaks in the Alps, where the elevation gain above snow line can be greater than many Himalayan peaks. 240 pages.

This intermediate-level guide addresses tools, skills, and techniques used in alpine terrain including rock, snow, ice, and glaciers at moderate altitude-approximately 5000 meters (16,000 feet) and lower. The technical protection systems are covered, of course. But 30 years of alpine climbing experience has convinced the authors that mastery-and safety-lie in...

This intermediate-level guide addresses tools, skills, and techniques used in alpine terrain, including rock, snow, ice, and glaciers at moderate altitude (approximately 16,000 feet) and lower). Technical protection systems are covered, as are step-by-step decision-making skills, providing scenarios, checklists, and self-posed questions to inform the decision process. This book assumes...

This new edition provides the latest information on prevention and treatment of altitude illness-from preparing for altitude to recognizing and treating the symptoms of acute mountain sickness, including high altitude pulmonary and cerebral edemas. Suited for both novice and seasoned hikers, climbers, trekkers, and skiers, Altitude Illness, 2nd Edition, also...

Exhaustively researched guide to the Interior Ranges of British Columbia, plus the Southern Selkirks. This new edition includes environmental considerations. Appendices include list of passes, literature references, BC Forest Service regional offices, map sources, Alpine Club of Canada huts and camps, peaks exceeding 3350 meters, conversion tables, and rating systems....

Your guide to Northern New Enlgand climbing. Written by Rick WilcoxR56 pages Paperback

New (late 2002) 3rd edition of the only ice climber's guide to New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont). All major areas are covered, including: Lake Willoughby, Smuggler's Notch, Cathedral Ledge, Frankenstein Cliff, Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines, and Pamola Ice Cliffs and Katahdin. Chapters on ratings and the history of ice...

Classic of mountaineering literature! Experience this dramatic and heroic climb, and its harrowing aftermath, as you go back in time with Herzog's unforgettable account of the first ascent on Annapurna. 320 pages.

Joe Simpson, author of Touching the Void and three other books, wraps together a lifetime of mountaineering experience and friendships, relating what he's learned from the challenges, personal tragedy and absurdities of the sport. Brash and colorful as always, Simpson has never been more entertaining. 340 pages.

If you want fun and challenging cross-country skiing experiences that aren't in the backcountry, this is the guidebook for you. Best Groomed Cross-Country Ski Trails in Oregon is easy to use. All the routes are well-marked and the sno-parks are easily accessible from major highways and interstates. Ski areas are...

Aron Ralston's story of his 2003 day hike in Bluejohn Canyon (maze District, Canyonlands National Park). He went in alone, without leaving word of his itinerary. While scrambling in the slot canyon, an 800-pound boulder rolled onto his forearm, pinning him. Waiting for search and rescue but out of water,...

On foot across Tibet's Chang Tang plateau, four mountaineers set out for the remote calving grounds of the endangered Tibetan antelope, the chiru, to follow its mysterious migration pattern. The mountaineers were Rick Ridgeway, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Galen Rowell. Galen Rowell died in a small-plane crash, just after...

Guide to one of the most spectacular climbing destinations in America, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River, in southwestern Colorado. Renowned for it's 2000+ foot streaked granite walls, this adventure climbing mecca is home to more than a hundred aid and free routes, and Colorado's newest national park. The...

Selected free climbs including Rasberry Rocks and Iron Mountain This guidebook includes close to 300 free routes - hundreds more exist in The Needles, both in the areas mentioned in the guide and in areas not covered. Routes were chosen for quality, popularity and relative ease of access. All degrees...