Rock Climbing New England (Regional Rock Climbing Series) [Paperback]

Stewart M. Green (Author)

Book Description

Series: Regional Rock Climbing Series | Publication Date: June 1, 2001

A comprehensive guide to all the major climbing areas ofNew England including Cathedral, Cannon, Whitehorse, Rumney,Ragged, Acadia and many others. A must for all New Englandcragrats!

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From the Back Cover

New England is one of the country's most spectacular rock climbing arenas. The 66,608-square-mile region is studded with intimate crags, sweeping walls, compact sea cliffs, towering ledges, and spectacular overhangs. Rock Climbing New England describes fifteen of the region's best climbing areas in detail. Your choices of rocks and routes include two of the country's premier traditional crags, Cathedral and Whitehorse Ledges in New Hampshire; New England's biggest rock face, Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire; and stunning sea cliff routes at Maine's Acadia National Park and at Rhode Island's Fort Wetherill State Park. Other superb selections include urban cragging at Crow Hill near Boston, the traprock cliffs of Ragged Mountain in Connecticut, and the granite slabs of Wheeler Mountain in Vermont. Inside you will also discover: climbing history of each site, pitch-by-pitch written descriptions, detailed topos and clear overview photos, and insider tips to remote climbing areas waiting to be explored. Rock Climbing New England is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking adventure in this remarkable region. (6 X 9, 432 pages, b&w photos, maps, illustrations)

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (June 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560448113
• ISBN-13: 978-1560448112
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #983,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been a freelance photographer and writer since 1977, based in Colorado Springs and traveling all over the great American West as well as the rest of the United States and the world in search of memorable images and experiences to write about and to lead people toward. Since the mid-1980s I've worked as a contract photographer and writer for FalconGuides/Globe Pequot Press, writing 20 books and photographing a few more.

My books include Rock Climbing Colorado, Rock Climbing Europe, Rock Climbing Utah, Rock Climbing Arizona, Rock Climbing New England, Scenic Driving Colorado, Scenic Driving California, Scenic Driving Arizona, Scenic Driving New England, KNACK Rock Climbing, Best Climbs Moab, Best Climbs Denver and Boulder, Rocky Mountain National Park Pocket Guide, and Back Country Byways.

My work has also been published in lots of other national and international publications. I'm also the Guide to Climbing at About.com, a New York Times Company.

Along the way I fathered a couple of amazing kids--Ian and Brett, climbed and adventured in a lot of places that I never could have imagined, and had a lot of fun. I've had my hands and my heart full. I'm grateful for that.

I write and photograph because of what is in front of me, to honor everything beyond in the world which is great, interesting, mysterious, and always changing. To be a writer and photographer is to see newly every day, as if for the first time, the essence that illuminates and lives within the earth. Every subject redefines me and allows me to discover harmony, reconcile disparities and inequities, and to find shape, symmetry, and truth in the chaos of life.

As a writer and photographer I seek to record my life and times, my vision of the world and its natural beauty, its other creatures, and my fellow human beings, and to find affirmation in life through belonging, wholeness, and living. I always think of the reader and the viewer over my shoulder, the person who sees my vision and reinterprets it in his own experience.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Book Seems Great, February 1, 2010

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Book Hound (Traveler) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Climbing New England (Regional Rock Climbing Series) (Paperback)

This book seems like a great book. We havnt used it yet (because it is stil winter) but have gone through and found some climbs we plan on trying as soon as it warms up.

We are both begginer climbers, currently top roping only, and this book seems to focus more on lead climbing attributes of routes. Reading it does give you a feel for the area though, and we think a lot of the routes should be easy to top rope (or maybe we will just have to learn to lead climb by summer!)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stewart Green has big shoes to fill..., June 20, 2001

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Al Hospers (North Conway, NH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Climbing New England (Regional Rock Climbing Series) (Paperback)

Let's get this straight, "Rock Climbing New England" is one of those select guidebooks. Author Stewart Green picks out 15 areas in all of New England and only describes certain climbs in each. That said, there are almost 750 climbs detailed, not at all an insignificant number, and from what I can tell most are done quite well.

In some cases Green repeats information already available in Webster or other guides. Still, it does have some of the new climbs on Cathedral and Whitehorse, like George Hurley's great 10c addition to the Cathedral Ledge North End, Bailsafe. The coolest thing is that Green includes information on areas that to my knowledge have never been included in any guidebook, like Rose Ledge in central Mass and Owl's Head in New Hampshire.

Sure there are those who will find fault, there always are. But in spite of having set a very lofty goal, "Rock Climbing New England" succeeds. If you can only afford one, or just want the only available info on one of those obscure places that you have only heard about through the grapevine, this guide will be well worth the investment.