Rock Climbing Washington (Regional Rock Climbing Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1560448520 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Most comprehensive and up-to-date guide covering the entire state
You have to work with what you have A Customer As my title explains, you have to work with what you have. "Beckey Guides" (rock climbing guides) are hard if not impossible to get ahold of, and to go travelling around to cities that would sell a half way decent local climbing guide, can get spendy and frustrating; especially when you've done all that travelling for nothing because you can't find a local climbin. Don't buy this book A Customer Rock Climbing Washington has the worst pictures, many mistakes and is plain useless at best, dangerous at worst as a guide book. I contributed the section on the Potholes climbing area and after see the results I am extremely sorry that I did it. To anyone that wants to climb in the Potholes I will provide descent pictures so you can find the routes. I sent Jeff S. Washington State Climber said Poor pictures, poor topos, inaccuracies, bad style. My title pretty much sums it up. An explanation of my "bad style" comment: Smoot compiled (poorly) a bunch of info that he gathered from other guidebooks and local climbers. I don't think he did a lot of personal research, becuase many of his topos are very inaccurate, so I don't think it's fair of him to make a bunch of money from putting out a poor product that
Rock Climbing Washington is the perfect book to take on your next climbing tour of the Evergreen State.. Explore the granite cliffs of Index, Leavenworth, Darrington, and Tieton River Canyon; tackle the exposed alpine routes on the spires at Washington Pass; hang from steep sport climbs at North Bend, Frenchman Coulee, and Marcus and China Bend near Spokane. From the Back CoverWith more than 1,500 routes throughout the state, this new edition of Jeff Smoot's popular guide is completely updated and expanded. Several sport and traditional areas included have never before been covered in a guidebook Detailed maps, topos, and photos complement the route descriptions and star ratings to provide climbers with a complete package