| 1. |  | Kilimanjaro via the Marangu Route: "Tourist Route" My Ass
from iUniverse, Inc.
Price: $9.95
Customer Review:
This IS the best book I've read on my mental prep for Kilimanjaro. Funny at times - a bit of laugh-out-loud toilet humor - but serious about what you experience during summit day. The author is descriptively succinct about the attempt in his short, easy to read publication. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2
from Mountaineers Books
Price: $19.75
Customer Review:
First the short version: Written by Rick Ridgeway (one of the summiters), this is a detailed, well-written account of the hardships, team conflicts and eventual triumph (though almost at the cost of their lives) of the 1978 American K2 expedition; with the best color photos of the mountain, the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country
from Mountaineers Books
Price: $11.53
Customer Review:
I have the original copy of SHR in the Sierra Club tote book series. I enjoyed this update with photographs though I prefer the smaller format of the original. Great read and better guide book. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails
from Mountaineers Books
Customer Review:
i have loved looking through this book and cant wait to go out and see some of the territory it covers | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Rock Climbing Joshua Tree, 2nd (Regional Rock Climbing Series)
from Falcon
Price: $23.25
Customer Review:
This book was the basis for Jtree climbing knowledge for years...Now that Randy Vogel already has another guidebook out (which is really good by the way!) and is releasing another one this upcoming January (2008) this book may become out-dated, but still a really good tool if you lack the two new... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Climbing Mt. Whitney
from Spotted Dog Pr Inc
Price: $11.16
Customer Review:
Book contained a lot of good information - I am a novice, best part for me was the info on how to acclimatize and pointing out the different areas near Mt. Whitney to do that. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The Trad Guide to Joshua Tree: 60 Favorite Climbs from 5.5 to 5.9
from Colorado Mountain Club Press
Price: $14.93
Customer Review:
I used this book in conjunction with the Vogel Guides: Rock Climbing Joshua Tree & Rock Climbing Joshua Tree West. The interesting thing about this book is many of the routes don't have any stars in the Vogel guides but are stellar. Funny Bone comes to mind as the best route we did with Vogel... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 8. | ![]() | Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies
from Rocky Mountain Books
Customer Review:
This book is gold. Alan has made a guidebook, that has everything you need to know about a route, right in front of your eyes. From Elevation gain, approximate round trip time, difficulty, the map needed, route photos for every peak and a completely detailed description of the route. Also he has a... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Bay Area Bouldering 1/E (Supertopo)
from Supertopo
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
Chris Summit's BAY AREA BOULDERING includes over 700 boulder problems with in a 1.5 hour drive of San Francisco, from coastal to inland challenges. Over 50 color photos of the Bay Area's best includes not only topos and detailed descriptions for each problem, but tips on where to eat and stay around... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Trekking in the Annapurna Region (Nepal Trekking Guide)
from Trailblazer Publications
Customer Review:
This guide was all you need for trekking in the Annapurna Region. The maps were great as were the recommendations on guesthouses, trekking times and food. People with other trekking guides (IE LP) asked to read my guide as they realized how good it was. | 5.0 / 5.0
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