Rock Climbing Yosemite's Select [Paperback]

Don Reid (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1575401150 | ISBN-13: 978-1575401157 | Publication Date: May 1, 1998 | Edition: 2nd

Revised and updated. This is a short topo guide to the most popular of the great routes and crags of Yosemite Valley. The intent is to give an overview of the major routes on El Capitan, Half Dome and the cragging areas of Cookie Area, Glacier Point Apron, and Arch Rock.

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Revised and updated. This is a short topo guide to the most popular of the great routes and crags of Yosemite Valley. The intent is to give an overview of the major routes on El Capitan, Half Dome and the cragging areas of Cookie Area, Glacier Point Apron, and Arch Rock.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 2nd edition (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575401150
• ISBN-13: 978-1575401157
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,789,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing..., August 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Rock Climbing Yosemite's Select (Paperback)

I thought this book looked just great. And reading the introduction increased my enthusiasm. The discussion of common causes of disaster is both fascinating and educational.

Unfortunately, the brevity of this book has resulted in a lack of crucial information. The staggering magnitude of the rock faces at Yosemite means that a lot of pages of topos are needed, and this book seems to have over-economized. We set out to climb the North Buttress of Middle Cathedral (DNB), and wandered back and forth for hours trying to identify the route from the scanty description. Nor was this the only disaster: we then wandered up the valley and repeated the sorry experience looking for another route.

Verdict: very pretty, but if you are going to do any climbing, look for a more comprehensive guide instead.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars keep shopping, August 20, 2001

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Jay (Boulder, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rock Climbing Yosemite's Select (Paperback)

This book is not good at all. I lived in the valley for 2 months this summer and have learned to hate it. Despite the previous rating, Don Reid is DEFINITELY no master at getting you to the climb itself. He often has only a sentence or two telling you how to get to hard to locate climbs. Furthermore, the so called stars by the "best climbs" often mark some of the worst cracks....

4.0 out of 5 stars Rock Climbing Yosemite's Select, November 10, 2006

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Christopher M. Mcguinness (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rock Climbing Yosemite's Select (Paperback)

A good overview of a lot that the valley has to offer. Not a whole lot of detail on anything in particular though.