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The Good, the Great, and the Awesome: The Top 40 High Sierra Rock Climbs

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Climbing guide Croft covers the best alpine rock climbing found in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He describes his 40 favorite routes, including historical notes, approach information, route beta, and descent info. The author also provides ten great, more accessible multi-pitch warm-up climbs near some of the trailheads. The book is lavishly illustrated with 87 photographs, 50 topographic and other maps, plus 31 route diagrams. With bibliography and index.

244 pages, Paperback

First published July 1,2002

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Format
244 pages, Paperback
Published
July 1, 2002 by Maximus Pr
ISBN
9780967611648
ASIN
0967611644
Language
English

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Peter Croft is a Canadian rock climber and mountaineer. He has concentrated much of his rock climbing career on big routes in Yosemite National Park, Squamish, British Columbia as well as the High Sierra. He received The American Alpine Club's Robert & Miriam Underhill Award in 1991.
Croft listed The Evolution Traverse (YDS class 5.9 grade VI) which links Mount Mendel, Mount Darwin, Mount Haeckel, Mount Fiske, Mount Warlow and Mount Huxley as one of his favorite climbs in Fifty Favorite Climbs: The Ultimate North American Tick List.
Royal Robbins, a leading climber of the previous generation, wrote about Croft and his climbing achievements in 2000: "Peter has been my hero for many years, ever since he came blazing out of nowhere with his stunning free solo ascent of Astroman on Washington Column in Yosemite. Tom Frost and I had made the second ascent of this route, mostly with direct aid in the early sixties. That one could climb this route without resorting to direct aid was impressive. To do it without a rope was astonishing. But such was Peter's level of mastery. That it was mastery, and not mere daring was proven by a string of free solos of similar stature, executed to perfection."

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cr4son
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April 17,2025
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I've never read such an inspiring guidebook. Looking at the stunning photos paired with reading the epic descriptions and awesome stories, I have the strongest urge to drop what I'm doing and run to the Sierras.
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Kelvin_0815
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April 17,2025
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One of my favorite guidebooks ever. Croft is hilarious and inspiring.
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