San Francisco, Sierra Club, 1979, 1st edition. 324 pp, many b/w photos. Large format hardcover, No dust jacket. There is no writing in the book or other flaws, binding is tight, no edge wear, the Book is Fine.
This is a heavy large format book. Extra postage will be requested for Priority Mail or International Mail.
This is a list of fifty fine and classic rock, ice and mountain climbs in the USA and Canada (in 1979). This is not THE fifty classic routes. This book has become an American classic, and influenced many a climber. And unlike many ''best climbs'' or ''highest peak'' guidebooks, nobody has yet done them all. This has been attributed to the difficulty of some of the Alaskan and Canadian routes, such as the Hummingbird Ridge of Mount Logan which has never been repeated by the original route.
These are the routes in The Fifty Classic Climbs:
Alaska and the Yukon
Mount Saint Elias Abruzzi Ridge
Mount Fairweather Carpe Ridge
Mount Hunter West Ridge
Mount McKinley Cassin Ridge
Moose's Tooth West Ridge
Mount Huntington West Face
Mount Logan Hummingbird Ridge
Middle Triple Peak East Buttress
Western Canada
Mount Sir Donald Northwest Arete
Bugaboo Spire East Ridge
South Howser Tower West Buttress
Mount Robson Wishbone Arete
Mount Edith Cavell North Face
Mount Alberta Japanese Route
Mount Temple East Ridge
Mount Waddington South Face
Devil's Thumb East Ridge
Lotus Flower Tower
The Pacific Northwest
Mount Rainier Liberty Ridge
Forbidden Peak West Ridge
Mount Shuksan Price Glacier
Slesse Mountain Northeast Buttress
Mount Stuart North Ridge
Liberty Bell Mountain Liberty Crack
Wyoming
Devil's Tower Durrance Route
Grand Teton North Ridge
Grand Teton Direct Exum Ridge
Grand Teton North Face
Mount Moran Direct South Buttress
Pingora Northeast Face
Wolf's Head East Ridge
Colorado
Crestone Needle Ellingwood Ledges
Hallett Peak Northcutt-Carter Route
Petit Grepon South Face
Longs Peak The Diamond
The Southwest
Shiprock
Castleton Tower Kor-Ingalls Route
The Titan
California
The Royal Arches Lost Arrow Spire
Sentinel Rock Steck-Salathe Route
Middle Cathedral Rock East Buttress
Half Dome Northwest Face
El Capitan Nose Route
El Capitan Salathe Wall
Mount Whitney East Face
Fairview Dome North Face
Clyde Minaret Southeast Face
Charlotte Dome South Face
Lover's Leap Traveler Buttress
