Mines of Death Valley (Traveler Guidebooks)

Science & Math

L. Burr Belden

Technology

La Siesta Press

Climbing Mount Whitney

Sports & Outdoors

Walt Wheelock

Mountaineering

The covers, the pages all NEW  La Siesta Press 1967; 5 pristine pages.

Camping and Climbing in Baja

Robinson,John

Death Valley Jeep Trails

MITCHELL, ROGER

Out From Las Vegas: Adventures a Day Away

Florine Lawlor

Southwesterly from the Port of San Diego stand a group of small islands, sheer and bold. These Los Coronados Islands are a prominent feature of the local seascape, but as little known to most as a remote South Sea Island. Fishing boats cruise to the beds that surround it; others skim by on their way to Guadalupe Island, Cabo San Lucas or the tuna grounds off the shores of Ecuador and Peru.Seldom do norteamericano parties land on the island, which is a Mexican military post as well as a bird refuge. Tales are told of pirates who operated from here, of rumrunners, and a fabulous yacht club where the elite of San Diego cavorted during the days of prohibition.Helen Ellsberg tells of these legends, verifying some, ruthlessly scuttling others. But her book is not a collection of wild sea yarns; she accurately describes and discusses the birds; mammals sea and land; geology and history of these mysterious islands. Noted scientists of the Museum of Natural History of San Diego, as well as fishermen, newspapermen and even the lighthouse keeper of the South Island have supplied her with unpublished information, which makes here slim book the definitive work on Los Coronados Islands.If you wish to land on these islands, she explains the problems involved; if you want to fish or skin-dive in its many minute coves; or if you are just satisfied to sit and read and gaze across the waters at these little known islands that guard San Diego's busy harbor - then here is the book for all of you.

Los Coronados Islands

History

Ellsberg, Helen

Americas

Byroads of Baja

Travel

Wheelock, Walt

Mexico

Sonora, the most northwestern state of hte mainland of Mexico, has some thousand miles of beachland along its open coast and with its bays and esteros. Some half dozen of the named beaches arer reached by paved roads and most of these are fairly well known to tourists - in fact, to most these are the beaches of Sonora. These include such spots as El Golfo, Puerto Penasco, Babia Kino, San Carlos and Guaymas. Here one will find good to even luxurious accommodations, and it is to these that the average norteamericano goes when he "does" Sonora. At the other extreme are the long dusty approaches to such spots as Puerto Lobos and Puerto Libertad, yet many drive large campers to these beaches and the natives make the trip in old beat-up passenger cars and pickups. In between are any number of beaches, well known and unsed by the Sonorese, many with extensive colonies of well-built homes. These are usually reached over well-graded roads and several of these are being paved. These include such resorts as Las Bocas, Huatabampito, Agiabampo, etc. It is the rare traveler from north of the border who has ever heard of these. Finally there is the land of the Seris, which can be reaches over good to fair roads which take only reasonable skill.

Beaches of Sonora

<p>In his bestselling Basic Rockcraft, author Royal Robbins covered the fundamentals of rock climbing. In Advanced Rockcraft, Robbins takes up the problems and basic skills involved in route-finding and actual achievement. Chapters include: Aid, Big Walls, Gadgets, Safety, Leading, Solo, and Values.</p>

Advanced Rockcraft

Robbins, Royal

Mines of the Mojave

Ronald Dean Miller

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