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Adams, Ansel with Mary Street Alinder. Ansel Adams: An AutobiographyArdito, Stefano. Mount Blanc: Discovery and Conquest of the Giant of the Alps
Bass, Dick; Wells, Frank with Rick Ridgeway. Seven Summits
Beckey, Fred. Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Volume 1, Columbia River to Stevens Pass (Brown)
Beckey, Fred. Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Volume 2, Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass (Green)
Beckey, Fred. Cascade Alpine Guide: Climbing and High Routes, Volume 3, Rainy Pass to Fraser River (Red)
Beckey, Fred. Challenge of the North Cascades
Bezruchka, Stephen, M.D. Altitude Illness: Prevention and Treatment
Bezruchka, Stephen, M.D. Trekking in Nepal: A Traveler's Guide
Bonington, Chris. Heroic Climbs: A Celebration of World Mountaineering
Bonington, Chris. Mountaineer: Thirty Years of Climbing on the World's Great Peaks
Borneman, Walter and Lambert, Lyndon. A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners: Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Boukreev, Anatoli with G. Weston DeWalt. The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Brain, Yossi. Bolivia: A Climbing Guide
Brain, Yossi. Trekking in Bolivia: A Traveler's Guide
Breashears, David. High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
Breashears, David; Coburn, Boughton; Cahill, Tim. Everest: Mountain Without Mercy, National Geographic Book
Browning, Peter. Place Names of the Sierra Nevada
Burns, Cameron. Kilmanjaro and Mount Kenya: A Climbing and Trekking Guide,
Carline, MacDonald and Lentz. Mountaineering First Aid: A Guide to Accident Response and First Aid Care,
Coombs, Colby with Bradford Washburn. Denali's West Buttress: A Climber's Guide
Curran, Jim. K2:The Story of the Savage Mountain
Daffen, Tony. Avalanche Safety for Skiers and ClimbersDawson, Louis, W. Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners
Dawson, Louis W. Wild Snow: A Historical Guide to North American Ski Mountaineering
Diemberger, Kurt. K2: Challenging the Sky
Dougherty, Sean. Selected Alpine Climbs in the Canadian Rockies
Dumler, Helmut and Burkhardt, Willi. The High Mountains of the Alps
Edell, Dean, M.D. Eat, Drink and Be Merry: America's Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts are Wrong,
Fleming, June. Staying Found: The Complete Map and Compass Handbook
Franke, Joseph. Costa Rica's National Parks and Preserves: A Vistor's Guide
Frye, Michael, The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite
G-I Gardner, Mark and Wolfe, Art. Photography Outdoors: A Field guide for Travel and Adventure Photographers
Gillette, Ned & Dostal, John. Cross-Country Skiing
Green, Randall and Bensen, Joe. Bugaboo Rock: A Climber's Guide
Hayhurst, Jim. The Right Mountain: Lessons from Everest on the Real Meaning of Success.
Hornbein, Tom. Everest: The West Ridge
Hunt, John. The Ascent of Everest
Hurdle, Jonathan. Walking Austria's Alps: Hut to Hut
Jones, Chris. Climbing In North America
Kjellstrom, Bjorn. Complete Orienteering HandbookKrakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Krist, John. 50 Best Short Hikes in Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon
Letham, Lawerence. GPS Made Easy: Using Global Positioning Systems in the Outdoors
Libkind, Marcus. Ski Tours in Lassen Volcanic National Park
Libkind, Marcus. Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 1--Lake Tahoe
Libkind, Marcus. Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 2--Carson Pass to Bear Valley
Libkind, Marcus. Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 3--Yosemite to Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park (west side approaches)
Libkind, Marcus. Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 4--East of the Crest, Yosemite to Kings Canyon National Park
Liberman, Marcia. Walking the Alpine Parks of France and Northwest Italy
Lieberman, Marcia and Philip. Walking Switzerland: The Swiss Way, From Vacation Apartments, Hotels, Mountain Inns and Huts
Linkhart, Luther and White, Michael. Trinity Alps
Lopez, Tom. Exploring Idaho's Mountains: A Guide for Climbers, Scramblers and Hikers
Lowe, Jeff. Ice World: Techniques and Experiences of Modern Ice Climbing
Mantovani, Roberto. Everest: The History of the Himalayan Giant
McClung, David and Schaerer, Peter. Avalanche Handbook
McCue, Gary. Trekking in Tibet: A Traveler's Guide
Messner, Reihold. Antarctica: Both Heaven and Hell
Messner, Reinhold. Crystal Horizon: Everest--The First Solo Ascent
Messner, Reinhold. Reinhold Messner, Free Spirit: A Climber's Life
Molenaar, Dee. The Challenge of Rainier
Moss, Wayne. Trinity Alps Companion
Mountaineers, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 7th Edition, hardcover.
Mountaineers, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 7th Edition, paper cover.
Moynier, John. Avalanche Aware: Safe Travel in Avalanche Country
Moynier, John. Backcountry Skiing in the High Sierra
Moynier, John and Fiddler, Claude. Sierra Classics: 100 Best Climbs in the High Sierra
Muir, John with Terry Gifford, Editor. John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings
Muir, John. John Muir: The Eight Wilderness Discovery Books
N-P O'Connell, Nicholas. Beyond Risk: Conversations with Climbers
Ortenburger, Leigh and Jackson, Reynold. A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range
Parker, Paul. Free-Heel Skiing: Telemark and Parallel Techniques for All Conditions
Pocella, Steven and Burns, Cameron. Climbing California's Fourteeners: 183 Routes to the Fifteen Highest Peaks
Potterfield, Peter. In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World
[Climb to the Top] [Rappel to the Bottom] Reid, Robert Leonard, (Editor). A Treasury of the Sierra Nevada
Reid, Robert Leonard. Mountains of the Great Blue Dream
Richins, Paul, Jr. 50 Classic Backcountry Ski and Snowboard Summits in California--Mount Shasta to Mount Whitney, Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, 256 pages, October 1999. This is the most comprehensive guide to snowboard and ski mountianeering summits on the market today with ski descents of Mount Shasta, Mount Whitney, Mount Williamson, Matterhorn Peak, Mount Tom, Mount Darwin, Mount Goddard, North Palisade, Mount Sill, The Thumb, Lassen Peak, and many more. Click here for a summary and a description of the guidebook.
Richins, Paul, Jr. A Wolf Sighting in the Sierra Nevada? On June 7, 2007, I saw a wolf or wolf-like animal near Mono Pass in the Sierra Nevada. Read my account.
Richins, Paul, Jr. Best Short Hikes in California's Southern Sierra: A Guide to Day Hikes near Campgrounds, Karen and Terry Whitehill authored the First Edition, Second Edition authored by Paul Richins, Jr., March 2003, Mountaineers Books. Information on each hike has been extensively updated. Several hikes have been deleted and many new ones added. There are now more than 100 hiking destinations. Six appendices have been added providing essential information for planning your excursion including a summary of all the hikes arranged by level of difficulty. There is a table of the author's favorite hikes and another showing the best hikes for families with young adults. The book has a wonderful assortment of hikes from 2 to 22 miles for all levels of abilities including a moonlight hike of Mount Whitney. Click here for a summary of the guidebook.
Richins, Paul, Jr. Mount Whitney: The Complete Trailhead-to-Summit Hiking Guide, Second Edition, Paul Richins, Jr., Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA, 256 pages, detailed maps, trail profile tables and charts, mileage and elevation charts, 40 photos, April 2008. The most comphrensive hiking guide published on Mount Whitney hiking routes. The guidebook includes the popular Mount Whitney Trail plus 14 other hiking routes. The Second Edition has been revised and expanded including a chapter on climbing Whitney in the winter. Summary and description of the guidebook.
Richins, Paul, Jr. Trekking California , Mountaineer Books, Seattle, WA, October 2004, 288 pages. This splendid all-color publication includes the crème de la crème of multi-day backpack treks in California ranging from the Oregon border to the lofty summit of Mount Whitney. Trekking California, with its abundance of valuable information and attention to detail, will soon become the standard by which other guides are judged. Visiting the mountains whether on skis, snowboard or snowshoes in the winter and spring, or on foot in the summer and fall, the mountains have much to offer those willing to explore the vast reaches beyond the end of the last road. Click here for a summary and details pertaining to the guidebook.
Richins, Paul, Jr. Clyde Minaret, climbing the southwest face, September 2007
Roach, Gerry. Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs
Roberts, David. Escape Routes: Further Adventure Writings of David Roberts
Roberts, David. The Early Climbs: Deborah and the Mountain of My Fear
Robinson, Doug and Tom Frost. A Night on the Ground, A Day in the Open
Roper, Steve, Allen Steck and David Harris. Ascent: The Climbing Experience in Word and Image
Roper, Steve. Camp 4: Recollections of a Yosemite Rockclimber
Roper, Steve. Sierra High Route: Traversing Timberline Country
Roper, Steve. The Climber's Guide to the High Sierra
Roper, Steve and Steck, Allen. Fifty Classic Climbs of North America
Rossiter, Richard. Teton Classics: 50 Selected Climbs in Grand Teton Park
Rowell, Galen and Sewell, Michael. Bay Area Wild: A Celebration of the Natural History of the San Francisco Bay Area
Rowell, Galen. Galen Rowell's Inner Game of Outdoor Photography, W.W. Norton, 288 pages, hardcover, June 2001. The grand master of adventure photography reveals the art, craft, and philosophy behind his images.
Rowell, Galen. Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography
Rowell, Galen. Mountain Light: In Search of the Dynamic Landscape
Rowell, Galen and the Dalai Lama. My Tibet
Rowell, Galen. Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Artic and Antartic
Rowell, Galen, J. Curtis Sandburn and David Cohen. The Art of Adventure
Schad, Peter and Moser, David. Wilderness Basics: The Complete Handbook for Hikers & Backpackers
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. Crater Lake National Park
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. Desolation Wilderness and the South Lake Tahoe Basin
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. Hiking the Big Sur Country: The Ventana Wilderness
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. Lassen Volcanic National Park
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 1: California
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 2: Oregon and Washington
Schaffer, Jeffrey P. Yosemite National Park
Sears, Barry, Dr. The Anti-Aging Zone
Sears, Barry, PhD. with Bill Lawren, Enter the Zone: A Dietary Road Map
Secor, R. J. Mexico's Volcanoes: A Climbing Guide
Secor, R.J. The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes and Trails
Selters, Andy and Zanger, Michael. The Mount Shasta Book: A Guide to Hiking, Climbing, Skiing and Exploring the Mountain and Surrounding Area/Book and Map
Selters, Andy. Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
Smoot, Jeff. Summit Guide to the Cascade Volcanoes
Soares, John. 75 Hikes in California's Lassen Park and Mount Shasta Regions
Soares, John R. and Marc J. Soares 100Classic Hikes in Northern California
Spring, Ira and Manning, Harvey. 50 Hikes in Mount Rainier National Park
Spring, Vicky. 100 Hikes in California's Central Sierra and Coast Range
Spring, Vicky and Edwards, Harvey. 100 Hikes in the Alps
Steele, M.D. Peter. Backcountry Medical Guide,
Stephenson, Marylee. The Galapagos Island: The Essential Handbook for Exploring, Enjoying and Understanding Darwin's Enchanted Islands
T-V Thompson, Doug and Elisabeth Newbold. Mount Whitney: Mountain Lore From the Whitney Store
Thybony, Scott. Official Guide to Hiking the Grand Canyon
Twight, Mark F.(Editor). Extreme Alpinism: Climbing Light, Fast and High
Van Tilburg, Christopher. Backcountry Ski! Oregon: Classic Descents for Skiers and Snowboarders
Waag, David. Oregon Descents A Backcountry Guide to the Southern Cascades
Venables, Stehpen and Fanshawe, Andy. Himalaya Alpine-Style: The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks
Vielbig, Klindt. A Complete Guide to Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: For Hiking, Climbing, Skiing and Nature Viewing
W-Z Waits, Ike. Denali Guidebook to Hiking, Photography and Camping in Denali National Park.
Warren, Scott. 100 Hikes in Arizona
Warren, Scott. 100 Hikes in Colorado
Waterman, Jonathan. High Alaska: A Historical Guide to Denali, Mount Foraker and Mount Hunter
Waterman, Jonathan. Surviving Denali: A Study of Accidents on Mount McKinley, 1910-1990
Wickwire, Jim and Bullitt, Dorothy. Addicted to Danger: A Memoir about Affirming Life in Face of Death
Wilkerson, James A., M.D. (editor). Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries: Prevention, Recognition, Prehospital Treatment
Wilkerson, James A., M.D. (editor). Medicine for Mountaineering and Other Wilderness Activities
Winnett, Thomas and Morey, Kathy. Guide to the John Muir Trail
Winnett, Thomas and Morey, Kathy. Sierra North
Winnett, Thomas and Morey, Kathy. Sierra South
Whitnah, Dorothy. Point Reyes: A Guide to the Trails, Roads, Beaches, Campgrounds, and Lakes of the Point Reyes National Seashore
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