Foreward by Francis Farquhar (former president of Sierra Club), Prologue by Jules Eichorn (1930's rock climber), With a long letter from Smoke Blanchard (climber and friend of Norman Clyde), 15 Photographs of the Old Gaffer . 'Three thousand copies of Norman's book were published by Noel Young Press, Santa Barbara, in November 1971'

Articles include:

• First Ascent of Highest of Minarets (Clyde Minaret),
• A Mountain Ramble over Mt. Barnard and Around An Ascent of the Black Kaweah,
• Up the South Face of Mt. Lyell,
• Southward Over the Kings-Kern Divide and Up Mt. Stanford,
• Up the Rugged Canyon of George Creek (Mt. Williamson),
• The First Ascent of Thunderbolt Peak,
• The North Palisade,
• Up and Down the North Palisade,
• The Quest for Walter A. Starr, Jr. (lost in Sierra Nevada in 1933),
• An Early Ascent of the East Face of Bear Creek Spire,
• Up the North Face of Mt. Humphreys,
• Up Mt. Thompson from the North for the First Time,
• A Leisurely Ascent of Mt. Whitney by Trail,
• First Ascent of the East Face of Mt. Whitney (1931),
• Up Mt. Whitney from the North,
• Solo Afoot Across the Sierra Nevada in Autumn,
• Three Weeks in Autumn on the Middle Fork of the Kings River:
• The Sierra Nevada,
• Caught in an Autumn Snowstorm on the Summit of University Peak,
• Snowbound in the Sierra Nevada. 'Ringtail',
• A Mid-Winter Ascent of Mt. Whitney,
• Highest Mountain in the Continental United States,
• Snowslides in the Sierra Nevada,
• Up to the High Sierra Cirques on Skis in Mid-Winter,
• Climbing Hurd Peak on Skis,
• An Enjoyable Climb to the Crest of the Sierra and Thrilling Return on Skis,
• The First Ascent Directly up the North Face of the North Palisade,
• The First Ascent of the Second Highest Peak of the North Palisade,
• The First Traverse of the Highest Peaks of the North Palisade,
• The Rosy Finch of the Sierra Nevada,
• Epilogue.