Ascent was initiated as the mountaineering journal of the Sierra Club. It appeared occasionally over the years. 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: North Twin, North Face by Chris Jones; Dream Ascents by Carol Ingram; In Thanks by Tom Higgins; Southeast Alaska by Fred Beckey; Poontanga by Geoffrey Childs; Songs of the Vertical Desert by Gordon Wiltsie; Leadership by Harvey Manning; Mount Dickey by Galen Rowell; Resurrection by Jeff Long; Spring Weekend Love Affair by Eric Sanford; Baltoro by Jack Turner; Smiley's Initiation by Dan Burgette; Lo Que El Alpinista by Anonymous; Janus by Godfrey and Chelton; The Aeolian Wall by Larry Hamilton; Brooks Range by Kopczynski and Scott; and Books.
