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, condition Fine.
This 1971 issue of Ascent has a marvelous picture of Doug Tompkins ice climbing in Scotland. The image was later made into a poster. Taken by Yvon Chouinard.
CONTENTS
Climbing Down Under by Rob Taylor
Little Mother Up The Morderberg by H.G. Wells
Yosemite's Other Valley Hetch Hetchy by Galen Rowell
Rojo's Peon Patagonia by Lito Tejada-Flores,
The Lay of the Luckless Mountaineers by Andre Daumal,
The Incubus Hills Sea Cliff Climbing Orkney Islands by Ed Drummond,
Reflections of Broken Down Climber by Warren Harding
The Slippery Game Ice Climbing by Doug Robinson & Yvon Chouinard.
Who Needs The AAC? by Chris Jones
Second Thoughts On Cerro Torre by Doug Tompkins
Book Reviews by David Roberts
