Provides detailed information on locations, approaches, ascents, and descents for numerous climbing routes throughout the valley

A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley

History

Roper, Steve

Americas

Random House, Inc.

The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (A Sierra Club Totebook)

Reference

Catalogs & Directories

Sierra Club Books

Gathers essays from Ascent magazine about climbing experiences around the world and issues in mountaineering, as well as climbing stories

The Best of Ascent

Sports & Outdoors

Mountaineering

Fiction, poetry, photographs, and factual accounts portray the spirit and tradition of climbing

Ascent (1989)

Steck, Allen

Hunting & Fishing

Detailed narratives profile fifty challenging climbs in premier mountaineering areas, describing the physical features and surroundings of the Alaskan ranges, the Rockies, the Bugaboos, the Washington Cascade, and the Sierra Nevada

Fifty Classic Climbs of North America

Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber

The author recalls his experiences over ten years he spent climbing the rock walls and peaks of California's Yosemite Valley

MOUNTAINEERS BOOKS+

* Author conceived and pioneered the Sierra High Route * Covers Kings Canyon National Park to northern Yosemite National Park * Each route chapter includes points of interest, maps, approach instructions, and directions No ordinary guidebook, Sierra High Route leads you from point to point through a spectacular 195-mile timberline route in California's High Sierra. The route follows a general direction but no particular trail, thus causing little or no impact and allowing hikers to experience the beautiful sub-alpine region of the High Sierra in a unique way. With access points noted along the way, the route can be broken into week-long segments, and hikers can choose segments for their skill level. Each of the five route chapters includes an overview highlighting geographical and historical points of interest, maps, difficulty ratings, approach instructions, safety considerations, directions, alternate routes, and accessible non-technical climbs.

Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country

Hiking & Camping

* Includes stories of such greats as Royal Robbins, Yvon Chouinard, Allen Steck, and Warren Harding * Captures the raucous, outrageous, innovative spirit of climbing in Yosemite during this period * Portrays the advances in equipment and style that revolutionized big-wall climbing In the 1960's, California's Yosemite Valley was the center of the rock-climbing universe. Young nonconformists -- many of them the finest rock climbers in the world -- channeled their energy toward the largely untouched walls and cracks. Soon climbers from around the globe were coming to Camp 4 -- gathering spot for the creators of the Golden Age of Yosemite climbing -- to see what all the fuss was about. Climber and author Steve Roper spent most of 10 years living in the Yosemite Valley with its intriguing inhabitants. Camp 4 is his take on the era's top climbers and the influences behind their achievements. The text is full of stories both hilarious and revealing about the likes of bolt-disdaining Royal Robbins; fun-loving, big-wall expert Warren Harding; free-climber Frank Sacherer; multi-talented Chuck Pratt; master craftsman Yvon Chouinard; and ill-fated Mark Powell. Roper also tips his hat to the elder statesmen of the 1930s and 1940s who pioneered early, important climbs in the valley. Camp 4 looks at the most significant climbs, and the most riveting controversies of a legendary era. With more than 50 fascinating historical photographs, most never before published, Camp 4 is the definitive history of Yosemite climbing during this period.

Diadem Books

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Steck, Alan

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A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley

The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra (A Sierra Club Totebook)

The Best of Ascent

Ascent (1989)

Fifty Classic Climbs of North America

Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber

Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country

Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber

Fifty Classic Climbs of North America

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