Customer Reviews

Mt. Rainier Climbing Guide SM10097

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As the editorials above correctly state, the two Rainier guides available from Stanley are good enough for guides, rescuers, and climbers alike. The sections on High Altitude Sickness and the checklists are somewhat helpful, although if you don't know the stuff already, you shouldn't be climbing the mountain.

Don't get fooled into thinking that this guide will teach you what is necessary to become a good mountaineer, it's only there as a resource for those who have some mountaineering experience.

What sets these guides apart from standard guides are the photos of the routes. Combine that with the "portability factor" and you've got yourself a winner. While a little imagination can go a long ways with an ordinary topo, this takes some of the guess-work out of it and allows you to navigate by sight when the visibility is decent. Take it in your pack and peruse it in your tent at base-camp - I guarantee that you won't regret it.

The information in this pamphlet is easily accessible on the internet. I bought this pamphlet thinking that I would get some new info or even a simple topo that I liked-------I didnt.

Do not buy this book----it is a waste of money.

What's nice about this map of several popular climbing routes, (including the Muir/Disappointment Cleaver Route), is that the route is superimposed onto photographs of the mountain, with variations. Our climbing team really appreciated it, and it's durable. After the climb, I put it on my office wall...yow!

I was disappointed in this guide. Though it profiles the three routes to the summit of Rainier and contains some nice color photos plus excellent maps, all of this you can get with a click of your mouse on the Internet. I was crushingly disappointed when this book arrived. It is intended to tote along with you on a Rainier ascent, that is obvious because of the books lightweight nature and the fact it folds into a small area. But the vast majority of mountaineers now use licensed guides, thus the book is irrelevant.