FIFTY CLASSIC CLIMBS OF NORTH AMERICA

Roper, Steve and Allen Steck

ISBN 10: 0871562626 / ISBN 13: 9780871562623

Published by Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA, 1979

About this Item

Quarto, 11 in. x 8.5 in., pp. xii, 324. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Olive linen boards with gilt title to front and spine. Very light rubbing to extremities. Spine is slightly shaken. Unmarked interior. Light rubbing to edges of dustjacket; a couple chips to bottom of spine and a few small closed tears to dustjacket edges. Maps by Edwin A. Gustafson. Protected in mylar. Steve Roper is a noted climber and historian of the Sierra Nevada in the United States. He along with Allen Steck are the founding editors of the Sierra Club journal Ascent. Roper is the winner of the Sierra Club's Francis P. Farquhar Mountaineering Award for 1983. He is also, with Allen Steck, the recipient of the American Alpine Club's Literary Award.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FIFTY CLASSIC CLIMBS OF NORTH AMERICA
• Publisher: Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, CA
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871562626
• ISBN 13: 9780871562623
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good / Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports, Recreation

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Synopsis

Dust jacket notes: "Lost Arrow, the Moose's Tooth, Shiprock, Hummingbird Ridge...their names alone can make a climber's hands itch for a rope. These are the classics -- everyone's 'dream climbs' -- and thi book describes fifty of the best on our continent. In the course of their long and notable careers, the authors have climbed or attempted nearly all the routes in this book, and have drawn on many other sources for their authoritative accounts. All the premier mountaineering areas of North America are represented here, with maps showing the locations of the climbs: in the Alaskan ranges, the Bugaboos and Rockies of Canada, the Washington cascades, Colorado's Rocky Mountains and Wyoming's Wind River Range, the spectacular volcanic formations of the Southwest, and California's Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley. The climbing routes profiled vary widely in character and style of execution, from Cassin Ridge, the great expeditionary route up Mount McKinley, to the challenging rock-and-ice climbs on the Grand Teton; from the treacherous sandstone of The Titan in Utah to the superb granite of Yosemite's El Capitan. Each chapter contains a narrative description of the classic climb -- its physical surroundings, the history of its exploration, and its important ascents -- followed by a technical route description and data on difficulty, elevation, time, and equipment needs. Dramatic black-and-white photos illustrate each climb. Fifty Classic Climbs is an indispensable tool for any active climber, the first book of its kind to provide detailed portraits of the great climbs of North America as well as the technical data needed to attempt them."