Ascent was initiated as the mountaineering journal of the Sierra Club. It appeared occasionally over the years, from 1967 to 1989. Each issue is a collection of excellent writing about mountaineering, fiction, fact and poetry as well as photography and art related to mountains. Large format paper with full color covers. Near Fine to Fine.
CONTENTS:
Freaker's Ball [Fitzroy] by Jeff Salz
Bouldering Photos by Jim Stuart
Soloist's Diary by Jeff Long
Yosemite Photos by Ed Cooper
The Rock Gods humor by Joe Kelsey
The Rock Gods drawings by Sheridan Anderson
La Derive Poetry by Carl Macgee
Dhaulagiri: Two Views and a Light Note
Fashion, Climbing and Dhaulagiri by Todd Thompson
The Ridge by Andrew Harvard and Todd Thompson
Druggs in the Himalaya by Drummond Rennie
Dresden Rock Climbing by Steve Roper
Swiftly and Surely: Ice Climbing by Yvon Chouinard & Doug Robinson
Ice is Nice and Will Suffice: Ice Climbing by Bill Sumner
Sweet Potatoes, Carstenz New Guinea by Dick Isherwood
Meditation VII Poetry by M.W. Borghoff
Dedo De Deus Brazil Rock Climbing by Malcolm Slesser and E.J. Henley
Opinion: Short articles by Harold Drasdo, Lito Tejada-Flores
Patey Agonistes David Roberts
Book Reviews
Contributors and Editorial (The editorial is Steve Roper apologizing for a $1 price increase for Ascent. 1974 was the year after the original 1973 oil embargo which immediately doubled and tripled the price of gas, cars and homes. A buck we can handle.)
