Southern Sierra Rock Climbing: Sequoia/Kings Canyon [Paperback]

Greg Vernon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1993 | Series: Regional Rock Climbing Series

Includes the climbs of Courtright Reservoir, Shaver Lake, Charlottes' Dome, and Bubb's Creek Wall, among others.

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Includes the climbs of Courtright Reservoir, Shaver Lake, Charlottes' Dome, and Bubb's Creek Wall, among others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093464151X
• ISBN-13: 978-0934641517
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,725,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what a guidebook should be, August 24, 2000

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K. Freeman (Apple Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Sierra Rock Climbing: Sequoia/Kings Canyon (Paperback)

This is a very useful guidebook. It contains route photos, clear and detailed topos, and some verbal descriptions. Driving directions to climbing areas, first ascents and other information are also included. Both well-known and less-visited areas are described in detail. I used this book on a recent trip to Courtwright Reservoir and found it extremely helpful. The best aspect is probably the combination of easily understandable topos and photos of the routes -- many guidebooks only have one or the other.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Guide with great pictures, August 13, 2001

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Kevin Friesen (Fresno, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Sierra Rock Climbing: Sequoia/Kings Canyon (Paperback)

Great guide that includes tollhouse, squarenail, courtright, kings canyon, seqouia and all of the crags around this area. Very indepth and keeps up on the new routes.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Save your dough, July 20, 2009

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Nemo McCandless "Nemo" (San Jose, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Sierra Rock Climbing: Sequoia/Kings Canyon (Paperback)

Despite what others have had to say, I must comment that as a climber of 10+ years, this is the worst guide book I have ever used. The maps are not to scale, the topos are unclear, there is no table of contents so it's impossible to find specific areas without paging through the entire book, bolts that are shown in the book don't even exist (not that they were chopped, the authors are just morons, leading to huge runouts!) not to mention that the book is so out of date that most routes are not even discussed. Unfortunately this is the only guidebook for this part of the sierras, thus the two star rating. In all honesty, save yourself the $100. You're better off just going to the crags and scoping out routes that look to be in your range.