Supertopo: Yosemite Big Walls

Chris McNamara

Sports & Outdoors

Supertopo

South Lake Tahoe offers exquisite year-round climbing for every ability and taste. Trad climbers can jam smooth Yosemite-like cracks at Sugarloaf or Eagle Lake, pull on steep knobs at Phantom Spires, lead their first multi-pitch route at Lover’s Leap. Sport climbers can clip bolts at Luther Rock, Luther Spires and Mayhem Cove. This book focuses on some of the highest quality granite in the Sierra.

South Lake Tahoe Climbing

Mountaineering

This guidebook includes 26 of the best High Sierra alpine climbs ranging in difficulty from 3rd class to 5.11c. Most of these climbs are well-protected, 10-15 pitches long, and ascend some of the best alpine granite anywhere. Whether you plan to scramble up the 3rd class East Ridge of Mt. Russell, climb the 5.7 East Face of Mt. Whitney, or ascend the epic 18-pitch Sun Ribbon Arête, our guidebook will ensure you spend minimum time getting off-route and maximum time enjoying the climb.

High Sierra Climbing: California's Best High Country Climbs

Hiking & Camping

Northern California Bouldering highlights 50 of the best bouldering areas from just north of Yosemite all the way up to the Oregon border and west to the Pacific Ocean. With color maps, action photos and supertopo photos as well as detailed descriptions of all the boulder problems it s easy to use and easy on the eyes. Nearly every type of rock imaginable is included from limestone and sandstone to granite and volcanic tuff. All of the areas included are immersed in a variety of world class scenery from sea level to the alpine environments of the high Sierras. This guide contains new material highlighting new areas, and a selection of the best areas from the other two guides already in use, Bay Area Bouldering and Lake Tahoe Bouldering. Northern California Bouldering includes new areas near Sonora and Bear Valley in the Central Sierras all the way up north past the best Tahoe areas to Bald Rock and Mt Lassen in the northeastern corner of the state. The order of the book then travels southwest down the Central Valley to the Bay Area s best, then up north past a few newer inland areas and finishes in the far north on the Pacific Coast at the Arcata areas. Also included in brief detail are 20 Bonus Areas that are less popular or newly developed like Mount Tamalpais and the Sierra Buttes. All combined it makes a grand total of 70 areas with over 1700 problems!

Northern California Bouldering (Supertopo)

Chris Summit

Kevin Swift

Twice as many routes as the first edition: over 275 of the best routes in Tuolumne Meadows from 14-pitch trad climbs to one-pitch sport routes. This book focuses on topropes, crags, and multi-pitch climbs in the 5.6-5.10a range. As in all SuperTopo books, the authors personally climbed and documented most climbs with meticulous care to create the most detailed and accurate topos ever published.

Tuolumne Free Climbs: 2nd Edition

Steve Roper

Greg Barnes

Bay Area Top Ropes includes over 260 climbs within a 2 hour drive of San Francisco. Included are over 19 areas from North Coast, South Bay, East Bay, San Francisco and Sierra Foothills. All the classic spots are in this book: Castle Rock, Mt. Tam, Split Rock, Mt. Diablo as well as a number of lesser known spots on the North Coast. In addition, this book includes a 20 pages of information that help the transition from the gym to outdoors. Author Chris Summit personally climbed and mapped almost every route to ensure the accuracy of the information.

Bay Area Top Ropes

A Guide to Yosemite Sport Climbs and Top Ropes, including over 200 of the best sport climbs and top rope in the Yosemite Valley with difficult ranging from 5.1 to 5.14, with most routes listed in the 5.6 to 5.10 range. The climbs are listed by skill levels, grouped in 25 areas. Over 40 color topos, maps, color photographs and GPS coordinates are helpful when chosing and finding the area.

YOSEMITE Sport Climbs and Top Ropes

Chris Van Leuven

Yosemite Big Walls is the most current, detailed, and accurate guide to Yosemite s most classic big walls. This guidebook includes unprecedented route detail such as climbing strategy, retreat information, descent topos, pitch lengths, and gear recommendations for each pitch. Yosemite Big Walls also includes historical information garnered from interviews with first ascentionists that bring these spectacular big wall climbs to life. Included are 64 of best big wall routes on El Capitan, Half Dome, Liberty Cap, Leaning Tower, Mt. Watkins, Lost Arrow Spire, Ribbons Falls, and Washington Column. Nearly all routes were climbed and documented by authors Chris McNamara and Chris Van Leuven to ensure accuracy. - 64 of the most accurate and detailed big wall topos ever - 14 new topos (since the 2nd Edition) to make 64 total routes from The Nose to Reticent Wall - Gear info for each pitch and updated climbing racks - Free climbing beta - Detailed approach and descent maps - Strategy and retreat recommendations

Yosemite Big Walls - 3rd Edition

Coaching

This is the first step-by-step aid climbing guide to reveal all the secrets of aid climbing and will take you all the way to the top. To the Summit of El Capitan, in Yosemite. To be able to climb El Cap you must be a 5.9 climber and know the basic climbing skills and be able to put together a sequence of actions and able to use the vast number of tools and equipment without fumbling or making a mess... This is where this book comes in. It is the first HOW To do big wall book specifically organized and clearly designed to address the process of bilding the skills needed for the task. Step-by-step.

How to Big Wall Climb

California's Best High Country Climbs! The Sierra Nevada is a vast mountain range composed of numerous soaring granite peaks, forming the tallest range in the contiguous United States. With extensive canyons, drainages, glaciers, lakes and meadows, the High Sierra beauty is breathtaking and playground for alpine climbers. This second edition of High Sierra Climbs documents over 40 of the best climbing routes, including the classic ones, adventurous ridge traverses and popular alpine and snow climbing. Fourteen brand new routes. complete with topos, diagrams, and descriptions to enhance your climbing experience.

High Sierra Climbing

McKenzie Long

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