EASTERN SIERRA CLIMBING GUIDES Owens River Gorge Climbs Maximus Press A Climber’s Guide to the Owens River Gorge Marty Lewis Winter 2021 October 2018 - 11th Edition $45.00 - 388 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” ISBN: 978-0-9824988-4-2 Maximus Press Catalog Eastern Sierra Climbing Guides Vol. 1 •Sub Gorge [email protected] •Lower Gorge •Central Gorge •Inner Gorge •Upper Gorge NEW RELEASES •North Gorge Climber’s Guide to Big Bear Lake Mammoth Area Rock Climbs and Holcomb Valley Pinnacles The Climbing Guide to the Eastern Brandon Copp Sierra—North October 2020 - 1st Edition Marty Lewis $38.00 - 364 pages - 6” x 8.5” October 2014 - 4th Edition ISBN: 978-1-938393-37-2 $40.00 - 376 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Wolverine Publishing ISBN: 978-0-9824988-2-8 This is the essential guide to over 1000 Maximus Press routes surrounding the picturesque Big Bear Eastern Sierra Climbing Guides Vol. 2 Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains. The •Rock Creek most popular area here, the Holcomb Valley •Way Lake Pinnacles, is a climber’s mecca, with a •Bear Crag dense concentration of steep, friendly, well- •Clark Canyon featured climbs on excellent granite. This •Deadman Summit guide will provide years of adventures. •Tioga Cliff Logical Progression Building Training Programs for Year- Bishop Area Rock Climbs Round Climbing Performance The Climbing Guide to the Steve Bechtel Eastern Sierra—South June 2020 - 2nd Edition Peter Croft & Marty Lewis $36.95 - 226 pages - 6” x 9” August 2008 - 3rd Edition ISBN: 979-8-64577250-5 $35.00 - 336 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Climb Strong ISBN: 978-0-9676116-9-3 Training for climbing can be fun, but stick- Maximus Press ing to a schedule can be desperately hard. Eastern Sierra Climbing Guides Vol. 3 Many climbers have seen the value of a •Alabama Hills carefully planned out, periodized training •Whitney Portal program. Clearly, such programs work, but •Buttermilk Country many of us can’t stick to such a rigid sched- •Cardinal Pinnacle ule. What if there were a better way? What •Happy Boulders if there were a more flexible way of plan- •Pine Creek ning that provided the same great results?

limber s uide to C ’ G The Good, the Great rustration reek F C and the wesome and Surrounding Areas A The Guidebook to the top High Louie Anderson Sierra Rock Climbs April 2020 - 1st Edition Peter Croft $35.00 - 200 pages - 6” x 9” ISBN: 978-0-9766630-8-9 December 2016 - 2nd Edition Louie Anderson Publisher $40.00 - 304 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” ISBN: 978-0-9824988-3-5 At long last, the secrets of the lower San Maximus Press Bernardino Mountains climbing areas are Eastern Sierra Climbing Guides Vol. 4 revealed. This great collection of areas has long been limited to either word of •Tricks of the Trade mouth, or sometimes innaccurate online •Whitney Region information. Many of them have never •Palisades been published. Now all of their pertinent •Bishop High Country information is compiled in an accurate and •Tuolumne Meadows complete book. •Roadside Cragging Climbing Mt. Whitney EASTERN SIERRA CLIMBING GUIDES The Complete Hiking CALIFORNIA CLIMBING GUIDES CALIFORNIA CLIMBING GUIDES & Climbing Guide Mammoth Bouldering Joshua Tree Bouldering Peter Croft, Wynne Benti Climbers’ Guide: Charlie Barrett A comprehensive guide to more 2005 - 2nd Edition than 2000 problems Riverside Quarry April 2019 - 2nd Edition $13.95 - 132 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Louie Anderson $35.00 - 284 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Robert Miramontes ISBN: 978-1-893343-14-6 ISBN: 978-1-5323-7708-2 February 2012 - 2nd Edition Spotted Dog Press December 2016 - 2nd Edition Flash Press $42.00 - 484 pages - 6” x 8.5” $35.00 - 200 pages - 6” x 9” Notable climber Peter Croft applies his ISBN: 978-0-9766630-0-3 The updated second edition of the Mam- ISBN: 978-1-938393-26-6 unique experience to updating one of North Louie Anderson Publisher moth Bouldering guide covers 28 of the best Wolverine Publishing American mountaineering’s most enduring bouldering areas on the northern end of the The Riverside Quarry has quickly become guides. Includes Croft’s insight on how to Welcome to one of Earth’s great play- Eastern Sierra, from Lee Vining to Crowley. the premier sport climbing destination in the prepare physically for the climb from sea grounds of stone. For those seeking the With four different types of rock to choose region. Its cliff line offers superb climbing level to altitude with the right equipment. thrill of exploration and a lifetime of boul- from, no traffic and beautiful scenery, the on steep, featured granite. Unlike other local Includes the standard trails, and technical dering, Joshua Tree is ad infinitum. This Mammoth region offers some of the best areas, the routes here are long; many of climbing routes. is the most comprehensive book available bouldering in California in spring, summer on JT bouldering, documenting more than them over 100 feet in length. Not only will and fall. Enjoy! 2000 problems, including recent V-double- you find sport climbing, but a handful of CALIFORNIA CLIMBING GUIDES digit testpieces. excellent crack challenges as well. Texas Canyon Climber’s Guide to Ellery The Climbing Guide New Jack City A Climber’s Guide to Sport Climbing Guide Lake Bowl Pam Neal & Ben Chapman Tollhouse Rock Bruce Morris Jordan Robbins Dwight Kroll & Tom Slater May 2019 - 1st Edition December 2015 - 1st Edition May 2017 - 2nd Edition $28.00 - 176 pages - 6” x 9” $35.00 - 306 pages - 5” x 8” August 2011 - 1st Edition $24.95 - 60 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” ISBN: 978-0-9766630-6-5 ISBN: 978-0-692-58918-2 $20.00 - 84 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” ISBN: 978-0-965023467 Louie Anderson Publisher Onsight Media ISBN: 978-1-4507-7833-6 MorrCom Press Self Published Nestled in the hills of Santa Clarita, this hid- A comprehensive guidebook with route Welcome to the freindly little crags of Ellery den gem is rapidly becoming a popular sport information, topo and area details for New Tollhouse Rock is a magnificent 400’ tall Lake Bowl, where you can lead, top-rope climbing destination for Southern California Jack City in the Lucerne Valley, California. slab perched on the hillside above the small and alpine climb only 2 1/2 miles east of the climbers. The rock is coarse grained con- Hand drawn topo information over actual mountain town of Tollhouse near Shaver Tioga Pass entrance to Yosemite National glomerate, with many distinct features and crag photos with detailed route descriptions Lake, California. With easy approaches and Park and gateway to Tuolumne Meadows. pockets of all sizes. From low angle slabs and ratings make navigating NJC as simple hundreds of quality crack and slab routes Park at the Rhine Dollar Dam on US 120, to steep, overhanging walls and caves, you as possible. All route information, topos and up solid, tan granite, Tollhouse Rock and walk across the dam spillway and head will enjoy using varied climbing techniques. descriptions have been reviewed for accu- nearby Squarenail remain favorite crags for east out an old mining road to access these Featuring more than 160 routes ranging from racy by area developers. Over 60 previously locals and travelers alike. glacier-polished quartz monzonite cliff 5.2 to 5.13. unpublished and undocumented routes. bands. An all-new expanded edition. Sport Climbing in the Santa Southern California Rock California Road Trip Bishop Bouldering Select Northern California — Vol. 1 The essential guide to 600+ Monicas limbing C Tom Slater and Chris Summit problems in the world’s best The Climbing Guide to the Santa Tom Slater bouldering area Monica Mountains September 2009 - 1st Edition July 2013 - 1st Edition Louie Anderson & Todd Fertig $49.95 - 456 pages - 7” x 10” Airlie Anderson & McKenzie Long $42.95 - 360 pages - 6” x 9” March 2016 - 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-9824988-0-4 May 2018 - 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-0-9824988-1-1 Maximus Press $29.95 - 216 pages - 6” x 9” $42.50 - 272 pages - 6” x 9” Maximus Press ISBN: 978-1-938393-21-1 ISBN: 978-0-9766630-2-7 California Road Trip: A Climber’s Guide Southern California Rock Climbing is an Wolverine Louie Anderson Publisher Northern California is an ideal guidebook ideal guidebook for any climber traveling Bishop may be the best bouldering area for any climber, local or visitor, traveling to Completely updated edition of the original in Southern California looking for good Northern California. Its use of maps, photos, in the world, with a high concentration of guidebook to the amazing diversity of sport climbing. This guide uses topos, maps, world-class problems from beginner-friendly topos, and in-depth area information will get climbing options available at the many areas photos and detailed descriptions to get you climbers on the path to adventure from the romps to standard-setting testpieces. Sealing found in this region. to over 60 climbing areas from the middle the deal are two distinctly different kinds of Pacific to the Sierra. Over 2,000 routes and of the golden state all the way down to the over a hundred crags in Northern California rock—each with its own variations—plus Mexican border. magnificent scenery. await your discovery. limber s uide to the Eastern Sierra Ice Joshua Tree Rock Climbs C ’ G Rock Climbing Guide to the Robert Miramontes onora ass ighway Robert “SP” Parker S P H Castle Rock Area Brad Young, Steve Dawson May 2010 - 2nd Edition November 2017 - 3rd Edition Bruce Morris $44.00 - 524 pages - 6” x 8.5” June 2013 - 2nd Edition $14.95 - 96 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” 2007 - 1st Edition ISBN: 978-1-938393-29-7 $42.00 - 568 pages - 6” x 9” No ISBN $32.50 - 216 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Wolverine ISBN: 978-0-9797421-2-5 Self Published ISBN: 0-9650234-4-3 Self Published The Guide’s Guide to Sierra Waterfalls and Welcome to one of the Earth’s great play- MorrComm Press grounds of stone — Joshua Tree National The Sonora Pass Highway crosses the Alpine Ice Routes. This print guide has been A complete guide to the roped climbing and Park — world renowned for its bold and Sierra Nevada north of Yosemite National a long time coming. Waterfall ice climbing bouldering found at Castle Rock State Park. pure trad climbing, its monumental volume Park and south of Lake Tahoe. This book in the Eastern Sierra of California started Includes Sanborn-Skyline County Park, of rock, the variety of easy and moderate documents nearly 1500 climbing routes in the 1960s and the alpine ice has been MROSD Preserves and the Silicon Valley routes and the other-wordly ambiance of its found on or near the highway. These climbs climbed since the 1920s. But until now there Crags. has been no comprehensive guide to these landscape. This color rock-climbing guide include sport and traditional routes, single routes. Short approaches for a fun day of presents the entire park in a single volume, and multi-pitch, walls, slabs and boulder- climbing or long multi-day excursions in the describing 3000 of its finest climbs, includ- ing. “The SPH” is a year-round climbing backcountry; it is all here. ing several classic bouldering circuits. destination on basalt, tuff and granite rock. Big Chief Area Climbs Desert Summits The Climbing Guide to the Big REGIONAL CLIMBING GUIDES REGIONAL CLIMBING GUIDES A Climbing & Hiking Guide to Chief Area, Lake Tahoe California & Southern Nevada Idaho Underground Rock Climbing Taiwan Marek Hajek, Andy Zdon The Fins, Snake River Basalt, Matt Robertson Edited by Marty Lewis Boise, Sun Valley 2006 - 2nd Edition April 2012 - 1st Edition March 2005 - 1st Edition Dave Bingham $21.95 - 416 pages - 6” x 9” $30.00 - 320 pages - 6” x 8.5” ISBN: 978-1-893343-12-2 $20.00 - 96 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” October 2019 - 2nd Edition ISBN: None Spotted Dog Press ISBN: 0-9676116-7-9 $36.00 - 316 pages - 6” x 8.5” Self Published Maximus Press ISBN: 978-1-938393-35-8 This is the definitive guide to more than Rock Climbing Taiwan is the complete Lake Tahoe Area Wolverine three hundred remote and diverse desert Climbing Guides Vol. 1 guidebook to 579 sport and trad routes at mountains in California and Southern You may have picked up this guide for the Long Dong, Taiwan. The book is fully bilin- Nevada. From steep scree slopes to miners’ •Big Chief famous Fins, but that fine area is just the gual (English and Chinese), with 320 full- trails, this •Light Deprivation Buttress tip of the potato. Locals and a few savvy color pages and over 150 color photographs, is an opportunity to explore beautiful and •Little Chief visitors have long known about the truly detailed route descriptions, climbing history, rugged landscapes. •Sawtooth Ridge “underground” areas covered here: Boise’s maps, and all the information you need for Black Cliffs, Teddy Bear Cove, Dierkes an awesome climbing and travel experience Lake, Leslie Gulch, the crazy Lava Tubes, on Taiwan’s beautiful Northeast Coast. REGIONAL CLIMBING GUIDES and more. Dave Bingham, Godfather of EASTERN SIERRA GUIDEBOOKS Idaho climbing put out this revised edition. Ten Sleep Canyon Climbing Mountain Biking Mammoth & Boulder Canyon Rock Maple Canyon Rock Climbs Louie Anderson Dave Pegg, Sibylle Hechtel, Josh The Eastern Sierra Climbs Dave & Allison Diller February 2019 - 1st Edition Including Dream Canyon Holmes $45.00 - 464 pages - 6” x 9” March 2012 - 1st Edition July 2013 - 2nd Edition ISBN: 978-0-9766630-3-4 Bob D’Antonio, Jeff Achey & $24.95 - 132 pages - 6” x 9” $17.95 - 238 pages - 4.25” x 7” Louie Anderson Publisher Adam Brink September 2017 - 3rd Edition ISBN: 978-098261549-2 ISBN: 978-0-9723361-3-0 US Highway 16 enters Ten Sleep Canyon $39.00 - 380 pages - 6” x 8.5” Wolverine Extremeline Productions just 5 miles or so outside the small western ISBN: 978-1-938393-28-0 Utah. Maple Canyon is the most popular Discover mountain biking in Mammoth town of Ten Sleep, before leading higher Wolverine summer sport climbing destination in the and the Eastern Sierra! Illustrating epic high into the Bighorn Mountains. Climbers USA. Its steep walls of cobbled conglomer- country singletrack throughout the Eastside can’t help but notice the tiers of Bighorn Welcome to our guide to Boulder Canyon. ate provide quality pitches for climbers of all from Nevada to Lone Pine, this guide will Dolomite on either side of the highway, With adjacent Dream Canyon, also covered abilities, and some of the most enjoyable — enable you to find the perfect ride! Whether running almost non-stop all the way up to here, it’s an all-season, granite-lover’s para- and steepest — climbing anywhere. Packed you want a mellow family ride or a remote Meadowlark Lake at the top of the canyon. dise. Crags mere minutes from downtown. with color photographs and maps, this book backcountry adventure, bikers will enjoy The rock is generally of pretty good quality No entry fees. Sport and traditional climbs provides a comprehensive guide to the more endless miles of trails that scenically and offers an abundance of features. 5.4 to 5.14. Multi-pitch routes up to 400 feet long. World-famous boulder problems. than 400 rock climbs. meander through wildlands.

Lander Rock Climbs 2018 Red River Gorge South Road Biking California’s Steve Bechtel, Kyle Duba & Ben Sears A Rock Climbing Guidebook to Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. Volume Sierra Nevada 2018 - 1st Edition 2: Southern Regions The Best Rides from Lake Tahoe $39.95 - 334 pages - 6” x 9” to Mount Whitney Ray Ellington & Blake Bowling ISBN: 978-1-5323-7588-0 March 2017 - 5th Edition Climb Strong 2011 - 1st Edition $33.00 - 360 pages - 6” x 9” $29.00 - 164 pages - 6” x 9” Lander, Wyoming is a great place to climb. ISBN: 978-1-938393-27-3 ISBN: 978-098261546-1 Whether you are looking for steep sport Wolverine Wolverine climbs, long alpine routes, or granite cracks, The Red River Gorge is one of the best you’ll find it all. Averaging 320 climbable rock-climbing areas in the world, with The Sierra Nevada has unsurpassd road days per year, Lander has earned a reputa- super-steep climbing on wildly featured biking — good pavement, quiet roads, huge tion as both a winter destination and a place sandstone. Its almost 3000 routes range climbs, long open expanses, and breathtak- to escape the heat of midsummer. Whether from traditional cracks to modern sport ing views of some of the tallest peaks in the you’re seeking classic 5.7 routes or 5.14 climbs, 5.4 to 5.14. This book, Vol. 2 of a Lower 48. Detailing 48 classic rides from testpieces, this guide will help you find over two-volume series covers the southern half casual to ultra, showcasing the landscape of 1,500 routes on crags of granite, dolomite, of the Red, describing over 1500 routes. a 270-mile stretch of the range. and sandstone. Red River Gorge North Exploring Eastern Sierra A Rock Climbing Guidebook to the irque of the owers eep ity of ocks C T & D C R Red River Gorge, Kentucky. Volume 1: Canyons: Bishop to Lone Pine and Castle Rocks State Park Lake Northern Regions Sharon Giacomazzi Dave Bingham A Select Guide to the Wind Ray Ellington Rivers’ Best Rock Climbing July 2009 - 1st Edition September 2017 - 8th Edition $17.00 - 208 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” December 2015 - 5th Edition Steve Bechtel $36.00 - 312 pages - 6” x 8.5” $28.00 - 248 pages - 6” x 9” ISBN: 978-0-939431-36-6 ISBN: 978-1-938393-24-2 ISBN: 978-1-938393-20-4 2008 - 1st Edition Bored Feet Press Wolverine $27.95 - 144 pages - 5.5” x 7.5” Wolverine This essential guide leads you through more ISBN: 978-1-93009-16-2 Idaho. There are other places named the The Red River Gorge in Kentucky is one of than a dozen canyons in the southern half First Ascent Press City of Rocks, but this is THE City of the best rock-climbing areas in the world. of the Eastern Sierra. Use it not only to find Rocks. It’s been called America’s premiere Its solid, well-featured sandstone makes for The most up-to-date and accurate guide trails to hike, backpack, or horseback ride, granite sport-climbing area, and just as steep, spectacular climbing, with almost to best alpine rock climbing in America, but also to find hidden campgrounds, rustic often praised for it’s unique trad climbing. 2000 established routes, from traditionally presented in full color. Complete descriptions resorts, intriguing history, hidden waterfalls, With 1000+ routes to choose from, you can protected cracks to some of the hardest for over 56 routes on 14 peaks with multiple and the best wildflower blooms and fall crimp up overhanging patina, grunt up an sport climbs in America. This book, covers routes at every grade from 4th Class to the color displays. offwidth, or cruise a multi-pitch 5.8. the northern half of the Red River Gorge. latest 5.12. EASTERN SIERRA GUIDEBOOKS REGIONAL TRAVEL GUIDES SKIING TRAINING / MISCELLANEOUS Exploring Eastern Sierra Joshua Tree National Park Backcountry Skiing Unstoppable Force The Insider’s Guide Strength Training for Climbing Canyons: Sonora Pass to California’s Eastern Sierra Robert Miramontes Steve Bechtel & Charlie Manganiello Pine Creek Covering nearly 300 descents May 2016 - 1st Edition 2019 - 1st Edition Sharon Giacomazzi from Bridgeport to Lone Pine $21.00 - 240 pages - 6” x 8.5” $28.95 - 282 pages - 6” x 9” July 2009 - 1st Edition ISBN: 978-1-938393-23-5 Nate Greenberg & Dan Mingori ISBN: 978-1-7923-0503-0 $17.00 - 192 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Wolverine February 2019 - 3rd Edition Climb Strong ISBN: 978-0-939431-32-8 A treasure map to Joshua Tree National $39.00 - 368 pages - 6” x 9” Climbing is a skill sport, but in order to Bored Feet Press Park. This diverse, sometimes stunning, ISBN: 978-1-938393-33-4 maximize our skills, we need a foundation This unique guide leads you through more sometimes subtle wilderness is a true Wolverine of strength. In this book, you will learn the than two dozen Eastern Sierra canyons. Use wonder. Explore it with Robert Miramontes, Blessed with a deep snowpack, sunny skies, building blocks of developing an optimal it not only to find trails to hike, backpack, local photographer, hiker and rock climber and high-elevation peaks, the Eastern Sierra level of general strength and then adding or horseback ride, but also to find hidden with an intimate knowledge of the Park has some of the world’s best backcountry specific climbing strength to it. Focus- campgrounds, rustic resorts, enthralling and a passion to share. From the twisted skiing and snowboarding. This expanded ing both on gym-based strength training history, abundant waterfalls, and the best architecture of the Joshua trees themselves, and improved third edition covers every and specific finger strength training, the wildflower blooms and fall color displays. to the rock labyrinths of the Wonderland of major peak and canyon in the range, and programs outlined in Unstoppable Force Rocks, to the vast Pinto Basin. describes almost 300 descents. are designed to keep you climbing harder, eath alley to osemite longer, and free of injury. D V Y rand anyon reks Frontier Mining Camps G C T Harvey Butchart & Ghost Towns L. Burr Belden, Mary DeDecker 2006 - 1st Edition $16.95 - 288 pages - 6” x 9” 2005 - 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-9647530-2-0 $14.95 - 195 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Spotted Dog Press ISBN: 978-1-9647530-8-2 Spotted Dog Press Credited with finding more than 116 new approaches to the Colorado River and with They came west, daring pioneers, men and summiting 83 of the 183 named peaks in women who left behind their families and the Grand Canyon, Backpacker Magazine homes to cross a continent in search of gold. called Harvey Butchart the “undisputed king They braved remote and desolate country of extreme and obsessive Grand Canyon not without its deprivations and hardships. hiking.” Butchart explored the most remote Beautifully written by the leading authorities areas of the Canyon’s rugged wilderness on the early history of Eastern California. from Lee’s Ferry, through steep canyons and rambling plateaus to Lake Mead.

Geological Trips: Mojave Desert Trails Beyond Tape Sierra Nevada Florine Lawlor The Guide to Climbing Injury Ted Konigsmark 2004 - 1st Edition Treatment and Prevention 2002 - 1st Edition $11.95 - 128 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Mike Gable $19.00 - 320 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” ISBN: 1-893343-03-0 August 2017 - 1st Edition ISBN: 978-0-9661316-5-9 Spotted Dog Press $24.99 - 316 pages - 6” x 9” Geo Press The new book from desert guide, storyteller ISBN: 978-0-9990426-0-1 and third generation Las Vegan, Florine Self Published If you have ever wondered how the rocks Lawlor. Florine introduces us to some of her and scenery of the Sierra Nevada were favorite desert haunts and lesser-traveled So much information is available for formed, take this geologic guide with you on jeep trails with Mojave Desert Trails, dealing with injuries, oftentimes with your next trip. The guide is written for the a guide to some of the most interesting conflicting views. How can you figure out non-geologist and describes 116 of the best- geologic and historic sites found in the what techniques and methods have actually known geologic and scenic attractions of the Mojave’s enchanting and remote landscape. been shown to be helpful? Based on the Sierra. The descriptions are accompanied by Endless vistas, high-walled canyons carved most current peer-reviewed studies, Beyond detailed directions and location maps. by water and wind, Joshua tree forests, sand Tape provides you with the answers in a dunesand abandoned settlements await. simple easy-to-use form with no expensive or fancy equipment required.

Out From Las Vegas Woman on the Rocks Adventures a Day Away Hardware The Mountaineering Letters of Florine Lawlor Ruth Dyar Mendenhall Mussy Hook 2002 - 2nd Edition Anchor System Editor: Valerie Mendenhall Cohen $16.95 - 288 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” 2007 - 1st Edition ISBN: 1-893343-07-3 mussy hook $6.00 each $18.95 - 352 pages - 5.5” x 8.5” Spotted Dog Press quick link (5/16”) $2.00 each ISBN: 978-1-893343-15-3 A favorite guide to the great getaways and (bolt hanger not included) Spotted Dog Press scenic trips just a day or less away from In 1937, climbing mountains was thought downtown Las Vegas. Author Florine Law- to be an activity reserved for men only. lor, a third-generation Nevadan, was born Ruth Dyar Mendenhall broke that barrier to to write about the Silver State. Daughter of become one of California’s first and most a gold miner who once worked at the now important women mountain climbers. The abandoned ghost town of Delamar, Florine’s letters collected in this book document her grandfather, worked for Union Pacific. fifty-year mountaineering career.