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F16_Cover.indd 2 3/16/16 9:51 AM catalog fall/winter 2016 Mountaineers Books creates outdoor recreation titles for activities ranging from nature walks to bicycle tours to climbing adventures and much more. Our owner, The Mountaineers, is a nonprofit membership organization that has been a leader in outdoor education for more than 100 years. Mountaineers Books publishes regional activity guidebooks, sports instructional texts, and nonfiction adventures designed to inspire and also to preserve the history of achievements by those who pushed the boundaries of our sports before us.

Skipstone is our imprint for people striving to live a sustainable lifestyle, which for us means digging in the garden, thinking about what we eat, treating all creatures with respect, and finding ways to reduce our carbon footprint. Skipstone books are for people who want to live life deliberately, finding joy in the nature just outside their back door.

Our conservation titles are published by Braided River, which uses the emotive power of books as key tools in advocacy campaigns. These are lush, photo-driven books, with insightful essays presenting the environmental, social, and scientific issues related to a critical ecosystem. Each book is accompanied by educational outreach and is usually paired with a traveling museum exhibit. We work with well known nonprofit partners and reach millions of passionate citizens with messages for solving problems to make the world a better place for present and future generations.

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Photo from Advanced Rock Climbing (see page 6) © Topher Donahue

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PAUL BANNICK OWL A YEAR IN THE LIVES OF NORTH AMERICAN OWLS

Paul Bannick

AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER OWLA YEAR IN THE LIVES OF NORTH AMERICAN OWLS

“For anyone who appreciates wild things and wild places, each of Paul Bannick’s stunning photographs is worth ten thousand words.” – Ted Williams, Audubon

• Details owls’ behavior throughout the changing seasons • Owls are one of the most popular species among birders and non-birders alike • 200 new images by the photographer of the bestselling The Owl and the Woodpecker

In Owl, award-winning photographer Paul Bannick uses his intimate yet dramatic images to track four different nesting owl species—Northern Pygmy, Burrowing, Great Gray, and Snowy—throughout the course of one year and in four distinct habitats. Readers follow along at the nest as each stage in an owl’s life is chronicled: courtship, mating, and nesting in spring; fledging and feeding of young in summer; dispersal and learning independence in fall; Also by Paul Bannick and, finally, winter’s migration. Unusual irruptions and the everyday struggle to survive are (see page 58) also covered. In addition to the four featured owls, all 19 species of North American owls are generously depicted throughout the book; Bannick’s startling images reflect their shared behaviors as well as some surprising exceptions and adaptations. More than just a backdrop, the four featured owl habitats—forest, grassland and steppe, boreal, and Arctic—reveal wildly rich stories of their own.

Owl is a stunning follow-up to Bannick’s bestselling title, The Owl and the Woodpecker, giving bird lovers yet another gorgeous photographic tribute, engaging natural history, and a compelling call to preserve the habitats that sustain these most iconic of birds.

Paul Bannick is an award-winning and widely published wildlife photographer specializing in the natural history of with a focus on birds and habitat. He has received the Canon Prize of the International Conservation Photography Awards, as well as first place in the “Birds and Their Habitat” category in Audubon magazine's annual contest. He lives in Seattle; learn more at www.paulbannick.com.

3 1 208 pages, 10 ⁄4 x 9 ⁄2, 200 color photos, color maps, hardcover, $34.95, ISBN 978-1-59485-800-0. NATURAL HISTORY/BIRDS/PHOTOGRAPHY. Rights: World. Paul Bannick

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by Paul Bannick

Late one April day, I was driving down a gravel road in southeastern looking for Burrowing Owls. Most of the landscape was heavily plowed fields, so it would be easy to assume that very little wildlife could exist there. But a small, gargoyle-like Burrowing Owl on the fencepost belied that assumption. The bug-eyed, long-legged vertical owl rotated his body ninety degrees so that he was parallel with the ground, fluffed out his feathers to appear much larger, and displayed distinctive white feathers at his brows and beneath his bill. In this unusual posture, he filled his throat with air and forcibly repeated hoo-hooo, clearly an attempt to lure a female lurking somewhere in the sage across the road.

The scrap of land behind the owl’s perch was not pristine. Beyond the barbed wire fence, every thirty yards or so, blue-green sagebrush bushes rose three to five feet out of the hard-packed brown dirt whiskered with short, stubby weeds. Firm mounds of tan dirt marked abandoned badger burrows, which were the nest and roost sites for Burrowing Owls.

Down the road, only trails of the sun’s red glow remained on the horizon. To my right, six Short- eared Owls danced in the air above a rough brown patch of tall dead grass encircled by the green, sprinkler-watered rectangles. These owls had found homes on a scrap of ungrazed land beside heavy agriculture because of the tall vegetation. Within twenty-five miles, in the same habitat, a few pairs of Barn Owls nested in the spaces between straw bales surrounded by hundreds of cows and near other Burrowing Owls on adjacent protected land.

Less than fifty miles to the north, two trees, one cottonwood and one Russian olive, separated by 150 yards of flat meadow, provided nesting habitat for owls that hunt in the grasslands, sage-

steppe, and farmlands, but are often thought of as Young owls, { opposite } like these Northern Hawk owls are growing fastest at about 2 weeks of age. At this time the seem to never satiated and often coninue to beg after being fed, putting great pressure woodland species. The first shelterbelt hid nesting on parents. (Minnesota)

Owls that nest in { left } woodpecker cavities often choose the smallest cavities they can fit into, leaving no extra room for a predator to reach in with a talon, bill or Northern Saw-whet Owls (with a call sounding like body and eat young, eggs or adults. ()

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{ opposite } Adult owls often make loud, plaintive noises and same type of landscape. wave their wings to get the attention of potential predators and lead them away from the nest or young. (Washington)

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MOUNTAINEERS OUTDOOR EXPEREXPERTT seriesseries ADVANCED ROCK CLIMBING EXPERT SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES

Topher Donahue full color Foreword by Tommy Caldwell advanced rock climbing expert Skills and Techniques

Topher Donahue Foreword by Tommy Caldwell

AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER

“The old way of climbing was systematic, methodical, and consistent. Now it’s anything goes, reacting to every situation differently.” —Tommy Caldwell

• For skilled climbers who want to push to the next level • Tips and advice from Tommy Caldwell, Steph Davis, Lynn Hill, Alex Honnold and more of the world’s best climbers • 250 color photographs and 12 illustrations

Advanced Rock Climbing: Expert Skills and Techniques is for good climbers who want to get even better—from training to gear, sport climbing to multi-pitch efficiency, and beyond. Each chapter has detailed advice from some of the world’s best climbers and guides—Tommy Caldwell, Angela Hawse, Justen Sjong, Steph Davis, Sonny Trotter, Alex Honnold, Lynn Hill, and more. Also by Topher Donahue Through clear, step-by-step instruction, detailed color photographs, and hard-earned (see page 36) wisdom, this new guide helps strong climbers increase their speed on multi-pitch climbs, conserve energy on big faces, train for tendon strength, improvise self-rescue, and more. Advanced Rock Climbing is for someone who has been climbing for several years and aspires to transition from intermediate to advanced levels, experienced climbers who are stuck in a rut, and naturally talented climbers who are climbing high grades but who may not have the experience to go further safely.

Co-author of the popular Rock Climbing, 2nd Edition, Topher Donahue began climbing at age three, and was guiding rock and alpine routes by the time he was fourteen. He has worked with some of the world’s most respected guides and climbers, integrating what he’s learned from these companions and professionals into the climbing methods and philosophy that he teaches in Advanced Rock Climbing. Topher lives with his family in Nederland, Colorado. Find him at www.topherdonahue.com and www.alpinecreative.com.

1 Also in the series 336 pages, 7 x 8 ⁄2, 250 color photos, 12 illustrations, paperback, $24.95, ISBN 978-1-68051-012-6 (ebook: 978-1-68051-013-3). SPORTS/CLIMBING. Rights: World.

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Leif Whittaker

A MEMOIR

myold and AVAILABLE IN october man

LEIF WHITTAKER Leif Whittaker finds a path of his own among a family— themountain father, mother, uncle, cousins—of famous adventurers

• A fresh perspective on a famous father and a legacy forged on the icy slopes of , the world’s highest • A new, original, and thoughtful voice on adventure • Read an excerpt from My Old Man and the Mountain on page 52

In 1963, the world followed the first American Mount Everest Expedition, and watched as “Big Jim” Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of the world. He returned home a hero.

My Old Man and the Mountain is Leif Whittaker’s engaging and humorous story of what it was like to “grow up Whittaker”—the youngest son of Jim Whittaker and Dianne Roberts, in an extended family of accomplished climbers. He shares glimpses of his upbringing and how the pressure to climb started early on. Readers learn of his first adventures with family in the Olympic Mountains and on ; his close yet at times competitive relationship with his brother Joss; his battle with a serious back injury; and his efforts to stand apart from his father’s legacy. With wry honesty he depicts being a recent college grad, still living in his parents’ home and trying to find a purpose in life—digging ditches, building houses, selling t-shirts to tourists—until a chance encounter leads to the opportunity to climb Everest, just like his father did.

Leif heads to Nepal with all the excitement, irony, You may also enjoy boredom, and trepidation that are part of high- these titles altitude climbing. Well-known guides Dave Hahn and Melissa Arnot figure prominently in his story, as does “Big Jim.” But Leif’s story is not his father’s story. It’s a unique coming of age tale on the steep slopes of Everest and a climbing adventure that lights the imagination and fills an emotional human endeavor with universal meaning.

Leif Whittaker was born in Port Townsend, Washington, at the foot of the Olympic Mountains. He reached his first major when he was 15 years old; he has since climbed many of the world’s tall mountains. A writer and photographer, Leif’s work has appeared in Powder, The Ski Journal, and Backcountry. Leif lives in Bellingham, Washington, and is a seasonal USFS climbing ranger on . Visit him online at www.leifwhittaker.com.

288 pages, 6 x 9, hardcover, $24.95, ISBN 978-1-68051-068-3 (ebook: 978-1-68051-070-6). MEMOIR/ADVENTURE. Rights: World. Leif Whittaker

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TRACKING THE WILD

COOMBA RobERT CoCUzzo THE LIFE OF LEGENDARY SKIER TRACKING THE WILD DOUG COOMBS CoombA

THE LIFE oF LEGENDARY SKIER Robert Cocuzzo DoUG CoombS

AVAILABLE IN AUGUST

“The fluidity, the grace, the style, the effortless route- finding, the incredible angles, the easy athleticism . . . [Doug Coombs] is simply so damn good that seeing him ski changes your whole life.” –The late Howie "Hollywood" Henderson

• A thrilling biography of renowned extreme skiing pioneer Doug Coombs • 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of Coombs’s tragic death—and the 10th and final edition of the best- selling “Coomba” ski from K2 Sports • Coincides with a resurgence in backcountry skiing nationwide

Arguably the greatest extreme skier to ever live, Doug Coombs pioneered hundreds of first descents down the biggest, steepest, most dangerous mountains in the world—from the “Otter Body” in Jackson Hole, to Mount Vinson, the highest point in Antarctica, to far-flung drops such as Wyatt Peak in Kyrgyzstan. He graced magazine covers, wowed moviegoers, became the face of top ski companies, and ascended as the king of big mountain extreme skiing. His place at the top was confirmed in 1991 when he won the very first World Extreme Ski Competition in Valdez, Alaska.

Now, his story is told for the first time in Robert Cocuzzo’s Tracking the Wild Coomba. From the slopes of his childhood in New England; to the steep chutes of his early career in Montana and Wyoming; to the deep, -prone powder of his guiding years in Alaska; and, ultimately, to the terrifying terrain of the French Alps, Coombs’s greatness was in how he skied. What most people didn’t know was that Coombs skied so perfectly in part because he had no other choice—at the age of 16 he crashed off a jump in New Hampshire and broke his neck. Doctors said it was a miracle he wasn’t paralyzed, and that another bad fall could kill him. Many believe it was this second chance that inspired the extraordinary life he led until his tragic death in 2006, the result of an attempted rescue of a fellow skier.

Robert Cocuzzo is a writer and editor. After studying English and history at the College of the Holy Cross and the University of St. Andrews, Cocuzzo became a US Coast Guard-certified charter boat captain and guided clients on the open Atlantic. He began his writing career during a winter-long backpacking trip in Patagonia. Shortly after returning, Cocuzzo became the editor of N Magazine, a lifestyle publication based on the island of Nantucket. He now writes for a number of other publications and splits his time between Nantucket, Boston, and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

1 1 256 pages, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, 8-page color insert, paperback, $18.95, ISBN 978-1-68051-044-7 (ebook: 978-1-68051-045-4). BIOGRAPHY/ADVENTURE/SKIING. Rights: World. Robert Cocuzzo

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MOUNT WASHINGTON IS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST MOUNTAINS IN THE WORLD DUE IN LARGE PART TO ITS FEROCIOUS, UNPREDICTABLE WEATHER. WINDS CAN GUST OVER TWO HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR, WHILE THE TEMPERATURE CAN DROP TO THIRTY BELOW. AS FAR AS TUCKERMAN ITSELF IS CONCERNED, ARE AN ESPECIALLY VIOLENT KILLER.

“We were clueless on avalanches, we didn’t know anything about the stuff,” said Silva decades later. “We knew there were such things as avalanches, but we were never worried about it at all.” It was snowing heavily as the two boys set out up the ravine. When they were halfway up, Coombs and Silva dug a hole in the face and climbed inside to eat lunch. As they chewed on their sandwiches, began cascading over the opening of their snow cave, lightly at first, and then harder and harder. The two boys shot each other a look. Suddenly a massive avalanche ripped by the opening of their hole like a freight train. When the snow settled, Coombs and Silva popped their heads out of the hole. Blocks of snow and debris were strewn all over the slope. Down at the base, people were frantically searching for them. They thought the two boys had been buried. “We pop out of this little hole and start hiking again,” remembered Coombs, “and all of a sudden they start screaming at us, ‘Get off the mountain! Get off the mountain!’” Tuckerman Ravine became the backdrop for the inspired skiing of Coombs’s adolescence. The chutes and steeps honed all his abilities as a racer, while his imagination allowed him to pioneer new routes that no one had ever considered. He and his buddies camped at the base of the ravine for days on end, spending hours hiking up and skiing down. One sunny afternoon in 1973, Coombs set off up the ravine by himself. “We’re down at the Lunch Rocks having a snack, and we heard this ripple go through the crowd,” said one of his buddies, Bill Stepchew. “People were yelling, ‘Look! Look!’” Every set of eyes shot to the cliff band at the summit to find a lone silhouette perched over a steep and narrow chute that cracked down the center of the rocks like a bolt. “Oh my God . . . it’s Coombs!” Stepchew yelled out. Silence passed over the crowd of hundreds. Coombs plunged into the chute. The snow came up to his neck and immediately avalanched. From below, the crowd could make out only his arms punching out from the rushing river of white, his head bobbing side to side like a prizefighter’s. He executed a number of precise turns in the chute before bombing out the bottom in an explosion of sluff. The crowd erupted. Their cheers reverberated off the snow walls and filled the ravine with an electric buzz that gave his buddies goose bumps. Pride burst through their chests. “Everybody is looking over at us and clapping,” remembered Stepchew. “We couldn’t have been more proud of him and ourselves for just being with him.”

Doug Coombs burnishing his legendary cred (photo © Focus Productions)

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TURNING HOMEWARD RESTORING HOPE AND NATURE IN THE URBAN WILD

Adrienne Ross Scanlan turning homeward restoring hope and nature in the urban wild

adrienne ross scanlan

AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER

“Home is not a noun, a solid unchanging place we find once and for all. Home is a verb. We create home with each action we take, all the while learning why we’re here, and how we’re to live in a place with all its bleakness and beauty, paradoxes and pleasures.” – from Turning Homeward

• A beautifully rendered natural history of the Puget Sound region • Increasing interest in “citizen science” and backyard ecology • Thoughtful first-time Northwest writer

Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild is the journey of a newcomer to the who learns that home isn’t simply where you live, but where you create belonging.

Set in Seattle and Western Washington's urban and suburban “altered” landscapes, Turning Homeward creates an accessible narrative of the complicated joys of rolling up one’s sleeves to help repair our beautiful, broken world. Adrienne Scanlan's personal story blends into the natural history of Puget Sound and the tangled issues around urban renewal and river restoration. In the process, readers move with her into a meaningful, hope-filled engagement with place and another understanding of the idea of home.

Adrienne explores how seasons spent restoring the city’s salmon runs help her make peace with her father's death and build a new marriage. Turning Homeward speaks to a simple truth spreading through our society: The nature we cherish lives alongside us, and by restoring it we heal both home and heart.

For over twenty years, Adrienne Ross Scanlan has immersed herself as a volunteer in all things nature: as a citizen scientist monitoring salmon runs for county and local agencies, a restoration volunteer salvaging native plants and removing invasive weeds, and as a docent at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and Wolf Haven in Tenino, Washington. Adrienne’s writing has appeared in a variety of literary publications, including City Creatures, Pilgrimage, The Fourth River, Tikkun, and Tiny Lights. She has received a Seattle Arts Commission award and an Artist Trust Washington State Literature Fellowship. Learn more at www.adrienne-ross- scanlan.com.

1 1 160 pages, 5 ⁄2 x 7 ⁄2, hardcover, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-68051-062-1 (ebook: 978-1-68051-063-8). NATURAL HISTORY/PUGET SOUND/ MEMOIR. Rights: World.

Adrienne Ross Scanlan

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Zsofia pasZtoR KeRi detoRe illustRations by GARDENS FOR THE Jill nunemaKeR PACIFIC NORTHWEST

DESIGN AND BUILD YOUR OWN

Zsofia Pasztor and Keri DeTore; desiGn & build youR illustrations by Jill Nunemaker own foR the pacific Rain GaRdens noRthwest

AVAILABLE IN JANUARY

A comprehensive guide to growing a rain garden— have a smarter, healthier, and more beautiful yard!

• 125 color photos and 25 illustrations • Encompasses Washington, Oregon, and southern British Columbia • Read an excerpt from Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest on page 23

Rain pounds the Pacific Northwest, gushing through dirty downspouts, across chemically treated lawns, over oily streets and through public storm drains into bays, rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands where nature struggles to survive among the pollutants. It’s a problem caused by population density and it’s one that you can help solve.

Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest shows you how to trap and filter dirty water safely in your yard—and how to do that with a beautiful addition to your home. Zsofia Pasztor, a Certified Professional Horticulturalist, shares what she’s learned over the years experimenting with rain gardens in the challenging clay and hardpan soils of the region. The book answers questions that Zsofia regularly encounters in her workshops, including:

• Can I build a rain garden myself? • Can a rain garden be too big or too small? • Can I create a low-maintenance rain garden? • Will my rain garden attract mosquitos? • How do you know if your infiltration system is in a “safe” location? • If my rain garden isn’t working (e.g., not draining), how can I fix it without starting over?

With photos and illustrations throughout, lists of best plants, and a comprehensive resources section, this easy-to-use guide shows Northwest gardeners, homeowners, and DIY-ers how to plan, design, install, and maintain their own healthy, natural, and beautiful rain garden.

Zsofia Pasztor is an award-winning landscape designer and owner of Innovative Landscape Technologies which focuses on sustainable site management. She is an instructor in the horticulture department of a local community college and a rain garden workshop instructor for Stewardship Partners. Learn more at www.innovativelandscapetechnologies.com.

Co-author Keri DeTore is a landscape designer with a degree in horticultural restoration. Her writing has appeared in the People for Puget Sound website, the West Seattle Blog, The Daily Journal of Commerce, Prime Time Newspaper, and Northwest Construction News. Illustrator Jill Nunemaker was born and raised in the Northwest and is an award-winning landscape designer and horticulturist. Find her at www.verterradesign.com.

1 304 pages, 7 x 8 ⁄2, 125 color photos, 25 illustrations, paperback, $24.95, ISBN 978-1-68051-041-6 (ebook: 978-1-68051-042-3). GARDENING/SUSTAINABILITY. Rights: World.

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HIKING THE : WASHINGTON

SECTION HIKING FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER TO MANNING PARK Tami Asars hIkIng ISBN 978-1-59485-874-1 (ebook: 978-1-59485-875-8). GUIDEBOOK/HIKING/WASHINGTON. The pAcIfIc cReST TRAIl AVAILABLE IN SEPTEMBER wAShIngTon SecTIon hIkIng fRoM The colUMBIA RIVeR To MAnnIng pARk

TAMI ASARS

From the preeminent outdoor publisher in the West comes a new series of guidebooks to the region’s most famous trail

• Wholely new series, researched and created by experienced long-distance hikers • Inspirational full-color guides with over 150 color photographs in each • Four volumes: Washington and Oregon available now; Northern and in 2017

Section 5 to

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Distance: 71.3 miles if your wanderluS t has you dreaming of hiking 70-plus miles of roadless backcountry, past state Distance: 244.5–315.8 miles high mountain lakes, through deep river valleys,

and with spectacular alpine views, look no further elevation gain/loss: than the Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass section +19,130/–18,100 feet of the PCT. This section is the state’s most popular, HigH point: 5930 feet primarily because of its proximity to the Seattle metro area, its reputation for unfathomable beauty, Best time of year: Aug–Sept and the distance (which most folks can hike in less pcta section letter: J than a week). Lakes abound, with Spectacle Lake the unquestioned loveliest of them all: framed by lanD managers: the rugged snowcapped shoulders of Lemah Moun- Mount Baker–Snoqualmie National Forest tain and Three Queens, it boasts bold granite (Snoqualmie Ranger District, Skykomish slabs for sunning and tucked-away quiet nooks for Ranger District, ) rest. Other rugged peaks in this section are alpine passes anD permits: NW Forest Pass visions: Chikamin, Bears Breast, Mount Daniel, to park at Snoqualmie Pass and Stevens and Cathedral Rock. And water sources include Pass. Free self-issue wilderness permits two major waterways you’ll cross: Lemah Creek at wilderness area trailheads. and Waptus River. The trail-building marvel that is Kendall maps anD apps Katwalk starts you off, its sheer rock-face-turned- z Halfmile’s WA Section J hiker-friendly-shelf blasted out of the granite with z USFS PCT Map #10 Northern dynamite. Later, near Pieper Pass, as you click- Washington clack across a mountainside of , you’ll again z Green Trails Snoqualmie Pass #207, appreciate the trail builders responsible for the Kachess Lake #208, Stevens Pass #76; 54 columbiaswitchbacks, river to forest built in road the 1970s. 23 In July, waterfalls z Halfmile’s PCT app, Guthook’s overall and creeks are at their peak runoff; while in late PCT app and PCT WA app forest road 60 at crest campground to forest road 24 August or early September, huckleberry feasts 55 near Deception Pass will turn your lips and fin- legs 1. Snoqualmie Pass to Spectacle Lake gers blue. Avoiding mosquito swarms near Hope SECTION 1: LEG 4 T LEG 5 Spectacle Lake to Waptus River Forest Road 24 and Mig Lakes is a challenge any month. But 2. FOREST ROAD 60 Waptus River to Deception PassAT CREST CAMPGROUND whatever the season, you can count on meeting 3. 4. Deception Pass to Hope Lake TO FOREST ROAD 24 fellow hikers: this section is one of the most trav- 88 5. Hope Lake to Stevens Pass 24 eled in the state. So have a plan B for camping: Sawtooth Mtn you may have to hike farther than you intended 65 Sawtooth Mtn if your preferred campsite is already taken. Trail #107 Creek C Wood Lake Trail #185 us reek ult C 8831 Wood Lake l #108 Cultus Creek P rai Opposite: Caption Placid la Camp 19 T Campground 67 c Lake i d 9 33 Twin Lake #2 rail # Bu 24 Trail T tte s n Cultus R e d

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3000' LEG 4 # 1 0 miles 7 2 4 1 Camp 18 6 8 10 12 14 16 16.8 Indian Racetrack 6040 Profile 14–Leg 4: FR 60 to FR 24 Camp 17 Short Cut Trail #171A 60 mainland defense system. The original tower was Green Lake In 3.2 miles from FR 60, arrive at a junction Camp 16 replaced in 1959 to accommodate wear and tear. with Shortcut Trail #171A, leading to Indian Red Mountain Then, in December 2006, a fierce windstorm nearly Lookout Race Track. If time permits, take the 0.5-mile one- shook the lookout off the map. For the next two Sheep Lake Camp 15 way trip out to the Race Track, a large meadow 6621 summers, volunteers donated labor and expertise to d R

where Native Americans held competitions for r reconstruct the structure using salvaged authentic le Big Bed horsemanship. While Mother Nature has primar u G materials. Today, the Red Mountain Lookout lives - – Forest Road 60 at n ily reclaimed the deep ruts cut into the meadow so on and is visible from many vistas along the PCT. Crest Campground T ar by fast hooves, it’s fun to let your imagination C This is the first glimpse of it as you head north. 0 1 2 MILES run wild. A side trip up to Red Mountain is also Crest Campground LEG 3 0 1 2 KILOMETERS Section 1, Leg 4: FR 60 at Crest Campground to FR 24

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3 Both: 304 pages, 6 ⁄4 x 9, 150 color photos, 40 color maps, 39 elevation profiles, paperback, $24.95. Rights: World.

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SECTION HIKING FROM DONOMORE PASS TO BRIDGE OF THE GODS Eli Boschetto ISBN 978-1-59485-876-5 (ebook: 978-1-59485-877-2). GUIDEBOOK/HIKING/OREGON.

AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER HIkING THE paCIfIC CREST TRaIL OREGON SECTION HIkING fROM DONOMORE paSS TO BRIDGE Of THE GODS

ELI BOSCHETTO

The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (PCT) meanders from the California-Mexico border north to the border of Washington and Canada. It’s a rigorous trail, first envisioned in 1926 and now encompassing some 2,650 miles. Each volume of this new series focuses on section-by-section pieces of the PCT and includes the following features:

• Trail sections of 4- to 10-night trips • Alternate routes and connecting trails • Detailed camp-to-camp route descriptions • Clear references to the PCT’s established system • Easy-to-understand route maps and elevation profiles of section letters, designating trail segments from Mexico to Canada—so you can easily cross-reference • Details on specific campsites and most-reliable water the guides with other PCT resources sources • Key wilderness sights along the way • Road access to and from various trail sections • Suggested itineraries • Info on permits, hazards, restrictions, and more

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon is written by Eli Boschetto. A hiker, writer, and photographer, Eli reveled in going deep for Oregon! Since 2011, he has been the editor of Washington Trails magazine, which he manages from his home in Portland, Oregon. Eli is also a regional correspondent for Backpacker magazine.

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail: Washington is written by Tami Asars. Tami grew up in western Washington playing in the . She teaches classes on backpacking basics, lightweight backpacking, and more. A former employee of REI, she now dedicates her time to outdoor writing and photography and is the author of two guidebooks, including Hiking the Wonderland Trail. Tami lives in the Cascade foothills with her husband, Vilnis, and their rough collie, Scout. She can be found at www. tamiasars.com and www.hikingthewonderlandtrail.com.

FOCUS ON SECTION HIKING: According to the US Forest Service, an average of 200 hikers attempt the entire route each year, but only 60 to 70 actually complete the full journey. However the number of hikers actually researching and hiking the PCT is much greater! Other users include horsemen, day hikers, and thousands of backpackers who hit the trail for section hiking. Their distance goals vary, but most section hikers take a week or less to discover the beauty and challenges the PCT has to offer. These guidebooks are perfect for section hikers.

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SKIING AND SLEEPING ON CLASSIC THE : CASCADE COLORADO VOLCANOES OF THE PACIFIC SKI DESCENTS

NORTHWEST Jon Kedrowski Jon Kedrowski

AVAILABLE NOW AVAILABLE IN DECEMBER

Skiing and Sleeping on the Summits: Features 50 of the best backcountry ski of the Pacific Northwest chronicles a project never descents in Colorado done before. During the month of May, 2014, mountain geographer and author Dr. Jon Kedrowski skied off the • Includes detailed maps with climbing information summits of the twenty highest Cascade volcanoes in thirty for each peak, including difficulty ratings for the days, sleeping on the summits of half of these iconic peaks. ascent and ski descent An expert in mountain geography, geology, weather, and • Photos closely match the detailed maps and route climate, Jon combines his backcountry camping and descriptions, and make choosing your adventure extreme skiing adventures with striking photography and and skiing your line easy to see and understand expert analysis. He takes readers on his overnights on the • Dr. Jon’s Ski Lines and Dr. Jon’s Extra Credit are tops of , , Mount Scott, Mount featured for each entry Thielsen, , South Sister, , , Mount Rainier, and Mount Baker. Discussions of Travel around Colorado with ski mountaineer Dr. Jon meteorology, weather and climate, and volcanism, as well as Kedrowski as he guides you to some of the best ski descents ski lines and ski potential are all included in this new book. the state has to offer. Classic Colorado Ski Descents showcases 50 ski descents on and Thirteeners, Skiing and Sleeping on the Summits: Cascade Volcanoes of with routes that range from peaks with gentle terrain, to tree the Pacific Northwest includes a special prelude by well- glades, deep powder, ridgelines, steep faces, and couloirs. known ski mountaineers Chris Davenport and Ted Mahon, Each peak description includes skiable vertical, elevation opening quotes by many other notable outdoor enthusiasts, gain, and round-trip mileage, as well as easy-to-follow and a foreword by meteorologist Chris Tomer. directions to the trailhead. 144 pages, 12 x 9, 213 color photos, 3 illustrations, 25 maps, paperback with flaps, 244 pages, 6 x 9, 125 color photos, 55 maps, rounded corners, paperback, $24.95, ISBN $29.95, ISBN 978-1-937052-35-5. SPORTS/SKIING/NORTHWEST. Rights: World. 978-1-937052-38-6 (ebook: 978-1-937052-39-3). GUIDEBOOK/COLORADO/BACKCOUNTRY SKIING. Rights: World.

Also by Dr. Jon Kedrowski: Dr. Jon Kedrowski, also the author of Sleeping on the Summits: Colorado High Bivys, grew up in Vail, Colorado, and has lived in Washington state where he worked as a professor of mountain geography at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. He has authored papers on mountaineering, hiking trails, climate change, and protected area management in Washington, Colorado, and Alaska. In addition to 500+ ascents of the Colorado Fourteeners in all seasons, and of Mount Rainier in Washington countless times, he has climbed five of the seven continental summits (, Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, and Aconcagua) and summitted Mount Everest in 2012. His expeditions to Everest in recent years have been featured on Discovery Channel, Smithsonian, NBC, Dateline NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, and CNN. You will often find Jon out hiking, climbing, or skiing, with camera in hand, catching his next big adventure.

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Mark Scott-Nash

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Fascinating and ominous tales of mountaineering accidents on the most popular hikes in Colorado

• Chilling accounts of 14er accidents gleaned from all parties' points of view • Thoughtful analysis of how events unfolded and why, found nowhere else • Invaluable lessons for any mountaineer or casual hiker

The stories in Colorado 14er Disasters, 2nd Edition, trace the disturbing chains of events that have led to horrific accidents on Colorado’s famed 14ers, and the incredibly difficult task of rescue in these remote and sometimes hostile environments.

The drive to summit all of the 14,000-foot peaks in the state of Colorado rages on like a growing wildfire. Summitting a Colorado 14er is an incredibly popular activity, but the ominous potential of a mountaineering accident casts its dark shadow on what is otherwise a positive experience for hikers and mountaineers. This book explores the disturbingly easy ways that hikers become stranded, severely injured, or killed on the 14ers. When those accidents happen, the victim is far from help and in an environment where rescue is difficult at best. Colorado 14er Disasters, 2nd Edition, is an unflinching exploration of these hair-raising events and rescue attempts, and describes mountaineering accidents as no book has ever done previously. This in turn gives any mountaineer helpful information for avoiding such disasters.

As a third-generation Colorado native, Mark Scott-Nash developed a fascination with mountains from an early age. This has inspired him to climb throughout Colorado and beyond, leading expeditions to the Himalayas, the Andes, and the Alaska Range. Mark has participated in more than one hundred search and rescue missions as a member of a volunteer mountain search and rescue team. Mark’s other books include Playing for Real: Stories from Rocky Mountain Rescue (also published by CMC Press) and Forty Demons: One Man's Astonishing Vision Quest to Save the World. You may also enjoy 280 pages, 6 x 9, 27 B&W photos, 7 maps, paperback, $18.95, ISBN 978-1-937052-36-2 (ebook 978-1-937052-37-9). these titles HISTORY/COLORADO. Rights: World. (see page 40)

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legends & lore series ALASKA RANGE Legends and NIGHT NAKED v Lore series v EXPLORING THE LAST GREAT WILD A CLIMBER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY Carl Battreall Erhard Loretan Foreword by With Jean Ammann, Art Davidson Translated by Corinne McKay, Foreword by David Roberts AASKA R Translated by Corinne McKay Exploring thE last grEat Wild ANGE carl battreall

Foreword by erhard Loretan Art dAvidson Foreword by David Roberts with Jean ammann night naked

a climber’s autobiography

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French alpinist Erhard Loretan's fast, light attack on 8000-meter Himalayan peaks AVAILABLE IN OCTOBER introduced a new style in high-altitude climbing. A dazzling siren-song for climbers, • First time published in English; the original French-language edition has sold more than explorers, and conservationists alike 25,000 copies • Loretan is often credited with bringing fast-and- • The first and only book to showcase one of the light style to the highest mountains world’s most wild, inaccessible, and mysterious mountain ranges • New foreword by bestselling writer David Roberts • Denali National Park & Preserve, the core of the On October 5, 1995, Erhard Loretan became the third person Alaska Range, celebrates its centennial in 2017 to climb all fourteen 8000-meter peaks, and the second to Stretching across more than 650 miles like a crescent climb them without supplemental oxygen. He also became moon rising over central Alaska, the Alaska Range is a wall one of only a handful of individuals to climb Everest via of formidable mountains that separates the south central the ; he and Jean Troillet completed the coast from the interior of the state. It is best known for roundtrip climb in only 43 hours. encompassing Denali National Park and Preserve, but while An influential climber, Loretan’s story has never before been Denali is one of the largest mountains on Earth, it occupies told in English. He writes with humor, often deprecating just a small part of the entire Alaska Range. his own accomplishments, and he is shockingly honest: On Award-winning photographer Carl Battreall has spent Cho Oyu, for instance, his climbing partner, Pierre-Alain eight years exploring and photographing this remote and Steiner, fell hundreds of meters. Loretan called out to what often inhospitable terrain. This inspiring new book includes he assumed would be a corpse. Unexpectedly, Steiner called a collection of essays back. Loretan writes, knowing that what he is about to share by beloved Alaskan writers and is terrible, that he felt no joy on hearing his friend’s voice adventurers Art Davidson, Roman Dial, Jeff Benowitz, Verna because rescue was impossible in so remote a place. Pratt, Bill Sherwonit, Brian Okonek, and Clint Helander.

Erhard Loretan was a Swiss alpinist born in 1959. He made his A photographer and climber, Carl Battreall moved to Alaska first expedition to the Andes in 1980 and began his conquest of in 2001. He is a recipient of the Daniel Housberg Wilderness the 8000ers in 1982 with the deadly Nanga Parbat. He died in Image Award (Alaska Conservation Foundation) and a a climbing accident in 2011. Co-author Jean Ammann is a Swiss Rasmuson Artist Fellowship. His images have been featured journalist. Corinne McKay is a French-to-English translator in Lenswork, Nature's Best, Climbing, and Alaska magazines, based in Boulder, Colorado, who also translated Sherpa for and in conservation campaigns. He lives in Anchorage. Learn Mountaineers Books’ Legends and Lore series. more at www.photographalaska.com.

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Coastal Bluffs // BAINBRIDGE ISLAND // The Presidio // KEY PENINSULA // Hilltop Parks & BREMERTON/SILVERDALE // Stairways GIG HARBOR URBAN URBAN TRAILS TRAILS Alex Kenin SAN FRANCISCO Craig Romano KITSAP Coastal Bluffs · The Presidio Bainbridge Island · Key Peninsula Hilltop Parks & Stairways Bremerton/Silverdale · Gig Harbor

ALEXANDRA KENIN CRAIG ROMANO

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A fresh, engaging pocket guide to trails in Portable, full-color, and focused—a brand- the City by the Bay new pocket guide to a favorite Puget Sound lowlands area • Full-color guide to 50 trails, many of them within city limits • Full-color guide to 36 trails for Kitsap County • Author is an expert local hiking guide residents and visitors to enjoy • Routes rated for fitness appeal to walkers, • Routes rated for appeal to walkers, runners, and runners, and hikers hikers • Author is Washington’s most prolific outdoor San Francisco is home to more than 800,000 residents and writer hosts more than 17 million business and leisure travelers each year. But few visitors—or locals, for that matter—realize that Urban Trails: Kitsap focuses on the trails, parks, and preserves there are more than 220 premier parks and 70 miles of hiking within the urban and suburban areas around Bremerton, trails in the city itself. Bainbridge Island, and the Key and Kitsap peninsulas. You’ll Urban Trails: San Francisco is the only guide available that find trails to beaches, old growth forests, lakeshores, wildlife- details so many trails within the boundaries of the city, rich wetlands, rolling hills, scenic vistas, meadows, historic including mainland San Francisco and the city’s four islands: sites, and vibrant communities. All of the routes here are Alcatraz, Angel, Treasure, and Yerba Buena. With a focus designed to show you where you can go for a nice run, long on parks and trails, here you’ll find 50 routes for walkers, walk, or quick hike right in your own backyard. Features runners, and hikers. Other features include: include:

• Trailhead directions, including public transit • Trailhead directions that include public transit options where available • Info for families and dog owners • Trail distance, high point, estimated time, amenities, and more • Trail distance, high point, estimated time, amenities, and more • Sidebars on area history, nature, tips, or sights • Sidebars on area history, nature, tips, and sights • Info for families and dog owners

Alexandra (“Alex”) Kenin is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, a Craig Romano is an award-winning author and co-author of hiking tour company that helps people explore the stairways, 15 books. He also writes for numerous publications, tourism hills, and hiking trails of San Francisco while they learn its agencies, and Hikeoftheweek.com and is a columnist for history. She lives in San Francisco, and has more to say about Northwest Runner and Outdoors NW. Craig lives in Skagit city hikes on www.urbanhikersf.com. County. Visit him at www.craigromano.com.

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DAY HIKING: DAY HIKING: OLYMPIC PENINSULA,

City Parks // Santa 2ND EDITION

Monica Mountains 1% for 1% for TRAILS NATIONAL PARK // TRAILS DAY HIKING DAY HIKING // San Gabriel COASTAL BEACHES // Mountains Olympic 2nd edition Los Angeles SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON Peninsula city parks • santa monica mountains • national park • coastal beaches southwest washington backcover tagline, Casey Schreiner baseline of text is .25” front cover, logo lines up Craig Romanofrom bottom of book ush left at .25” from spine, baselineCraig of Romano text is .25’’ from Casey Schreiner bottom of book

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Nature is just around the corner in the City The best-selling guide to the Olympic

Spine of Angels Peninsula—now fully revised,backcover updated,, left align text to and text on backcover expanded! • 125 of the best trails throughout the Los Angeles metro area • Completely updated, including all new photos • Easy-to-use, well-organized guide to hiking in the • 25 entirely new hikes—136 hikes total area • 11 new nature trails: shorter interpretive trails • Hikes feature ocean views, waterfalls, coastal that are less than 3 miles round-trip, less than canyons, native grasslands, rocky peaks, desert 500 feet of elevation gain, and often paved wildflowers, and more • Author is the founder of award-winning website Craig Romano grew up in rural New Hampshire where he fell Modern Hiker in love with the natural world. He ranks Washington State, his home since 1989, among the most beautiful places on In Southern California, the city of Los Angeles alone covers the planet and he has hiked it thoroughly, over 18,000 miles more than 500 square miles. Yet beyond the freeways and worth, from Cape Flattery to Puffer Butte. An award-winning suburbia, there is a surprising amount of hikeable green author and co-author of 15 books, his Columbia Highlands: space and wilderness. This new guide details trails in the Exploring Washington’s Last Frontier was recognized in 2010 Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, the world’s as a Washington Reads book for its contribution to cultural largest urban national park stretching from the Pacific Coast heritage. Craig also writes for numerous publications, tourism right into Hollywood itself; the Santa Susana Mountains in agencies, and Hikeoftheweek.com and is a columnist for Los Padres National Forest; , including Northwest Runner and Outdoors NW. the San Gabriels and , the highest point When not hiking, running, in Los Angeles County; the striking desert landscape of and writing, he can be ; the Santa Ana Mountains; portions of the San found napping with his wife, Bernardino Mountains; Chino Hills State Park; and slivers of Heather, son, Giovanni, and green space and city parks such as famed Griffith Park. cats, Giuseppe and Mazie, at Casey Schreiner is an award-winning television writer/ his home in Skagit County. producer who also has a passion for the outdoors. In 2006 Find him online at www. he launched the website Modern Hiker, dedicated to teaching craigromano.com. fellow Angelenos about the trails in their backyard. Modern 384 pages, 5 x 7, 140 B&W photos, Hiker is now the oldest and most-read hiking blog in Southern 8-page color insert, 126 two-color California. Casey lives in Los Angeles. Visit him at www. maps, paperback, $18.95, ISBN 978-1- modernhiker.com. 59485-961-8 (ebook: 978-1-59485-962-5). GUIDEBOOK/HIKING/WASHINGTON. 304 pages, 5 x 7, 140 B&W photos, 8-page color insert, 98 two-color maps, paperback, Rights: World. Craig Romano $18.95, ISBN 978-1-68051-008-9 (ebook: 978-1-68051-009-6). GUIDEBOOK/HIKING/ CALIFORNIA. Rights: World.

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SOGGY SNEAKERS, TEXAS HILL Texas Hill Country Loop 5TH EDITION COUNTRY LOOP Bicycle Route soggy fifth edition A PADDLER’S GUIDE TO sneakers bicycle route OREGON’S RIVERS

Willamette Kayak and SECTION 1 Austin, TX to Austin, TX 310 Miles Pedernales Cutoff 71 Miles Canoe Club

A Paddler’s Guide to Oregon’s Rivers

Austin

Willamette Kayak Route Map and Guide Services for Cyclists and Canoe Club Bi-Directional Waterproof Paper

BC-2401 2016

www.adventurecycling.org

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The definitive paddler’s guide to Wildflowers in the spring, historic sites, Oregon whitewater rivers and streams friendly towns, rivers, and state parks and coastal surf await you in Texas Hill Country

• Offers paddlers more than 200 whitewater • 300-plus-mile cycling loop begins and ends river sections—20 all new! in Austin • New section entitled “Our Favorite and Most • Includes cut-off routing in case your tour Popular Runs” gets readers out on the best is only for a long weekend the state has to offer • Tough, waterproof map from the nation’s pre-eminent cycle-touring organization Soggy Sneakers has been Oregon’s primary source of information for whitewater enthusiasts for 35 years. This is a gorgeous route that cyclists can do on a longer Members of Willamette Kayak and Canoe Club—who vacation or in sections. It begins in Austin and then heads have run all of Oregon's rivers—share their expertise and southwest to the quaint town of Gruene on level county detail rapids and landmarks found on each run. There's roads where traffic is light. something for everyone, from Class 1 (flatwater) excursions to Class 6 (most challenging) rapid-filled adventures. From Gruene, riders will enjoy pedaling beside the Guadalupe River and into the real Texas Hill Country, with Headquartered in Corvallis, Oregon, Willamette Kayak its ups and downs, scenic roads and relatively light traffic. and Canoe Club is a nonprofit organization dedicated to This is an area many consider Texas cycling Nirvana. teaching kayaking and canoeing skills, promoting water safety, preserving and protecting the free-flowing rivers Fredericksburg, on the route, is a good place to take a of Oregon, and developing the camaraderie of their rest day and enjoy the sights. There is a lot more to enjoy sport. Learn more about them at www.wkcc.org. on county and state roads before finishing your tour riding into downtown Austin. 1 1 384 pages, 5 ⁄2 x 8 ⁄2, 75 B&W photos, 62 maps, paperback, $22.95, ISBN 978-1-59485-870-3 (ebook: 978-1-59485-871-0). GUIDEBOOK/KAYAKING/OREGON. Rights: World Adventure Cycling Association inspires and empowers people to travel by bicycle. It is the largest cycling membership organization in North America with more than 48,000 members.

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THE AMERICAN After 67 years - a new name! ALPINE ACCIDENTS JOURNAL 2016 IN NORTH AMERICAN THE WORLD’S MOST climbing 2016 SIGNIFICANT CLIMBS The American The American NOW Alpine Club Alpine Club FULL color

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Jammed with photos and maps, more safely by understanding the annual American Alpine Journal (AAJ) year’s most significant rock climbing and is the world’s most comprehensive and mountaineering accidents respected source of information about major new climbs and expeditions. • Accidents in North American Mountaineering has been renamed Accidents in North American Climbing to reach a broader • Beyond blogs, Facebook posts, and video clips, audience of climbers the AAJ offers in-depth reports on major climbs, written by the climbers • In-depth “Know the Ropes” section covers the fundamentals of safe belaying— written by • “Recon” section covers the history, recent professional guides and fully illustrated climbing activity, and new-route potential of Alaska's little-known Neacola Mountains. Since 1948, the American Alpine Club has documented the • 2016 edition is dedicated to Fred Beckey, with year’s most teachable climbing accidents, providing invalu- a unique look back at his amazing career able lessons to climbers. In Accidents in North American Climbing, each significant incident is analyzed so climbers Published annually since 1929, the American Alpine can avoid similar situations in the future. Journal is renowned as the world’s journal of record for major climbs of all kinds. The journal includes the most Accidents is now printed in full color on coated stock, compelling stories, told by the climbers themselves. offering more informative and attractive photos and The Climbs & Expeditions section documents the year’s illustrations. greatest first ascents, from Alaska to Afghanistan, and This year’s “Danger Zones” section covers Wyoming’s from Patagonia to Pakistan. This year the AAJ has more Grand Teton. Analyzing 30 years of accident history, photos than ever before. we detail the most frequent locations and causes of 400 pages, 6 x 9, 300 color photos, 5 illustrations, 15 maps, accidents on this popular mountain, with lessons for paperback, $35. ISBN 978-1-933056-91-3. SPORTS/MOUNTAINEERING. alpine climbs everywhere. Rights: World. 132 pages, 6 x 9, 40 color photos, 5 illustrations, 1 map, paperback, $14.95, ISBN 978-1-933056-93-7. SPORTS/CLIMBING. Rights: World.

The American Alpine Club is the leading organization representing climbers in the United States. The American Alpine Journal is written by contributors from around the world. Accidents in North American Climbing is written and edited by volunteers, staff, and regional correspondents. Veteran climbing journalist Dougald MacDonald is editor in chief of these annual publications.

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