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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 26, 2010 - 05:14pm PT
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gaflucci bump.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Nov 27, 2010 - 03:50pm PT
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Not presently but, I'd be bolder if I wore a bowler in Boulder.
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LuckyPink
climber
the last bivy
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Nov 27, 2010 - 05:16pm PT
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wow.. on the gift list .. btw keep us posted on slide show events!
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FeelioBabar
Trad climber
One drink ahead of my past.
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Nov 27, 2010 - 07:28pm PT
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Brilliant book Crusher! A+ in all regards.....save one...
underwhelming cover shot, considering the subject matter.
Of course that's just one person's opinion....Cheers to a job well done!
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groundup
Trad climber
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Nov 27, 2010 - 09:00pm PT
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Nice book Crusher. Well researched and the pictures are amazing. I'll buy one for Harvey T
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Jello
Social climber
No Ut
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Nov 27, 2010 - 09:20pm PT
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Looks brilliant Crusher! I'll go to the website and order one for me, now, and I'll think about one or two more as X-mas giftts. Thanks for a wonderful contribution to our eccentric pastime.
-Jello
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duncan
climber
London, UK
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Nov 28, 2010 - 06:59pm PT
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Just unwrapped my copy. It looks wonderful. If you're even slightly interested in desert climbing this is an essential buy; if you are not interested then buy it and you will be!
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Mimi
climber
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Nov 28, 2010 - 07:17pm PT
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What a fine effort, Steve. It was a pleasure watching a part of it unfold. A must for every climber's library whether you've been up a desert tower yet or knot. Yeah, Monster Tower!
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crunch
Social climber
CO
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 29, 2010 - 01:02am PT
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Thanks for all the kind comments.
Hmmmm, Monster Tower
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Captain...or Skully
Big Wall climber
leading the away team, but not in a red shirt!
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Nov 29, 2010 - 08:21am PT
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Excellent book, there, Steve. Big props.
Love those Towers!
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MisterE
Social climber
Bouncy Tiggerville
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Nov 29, 2010 - 12:00pm PT
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bump for a great looking book!
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Nov 29, 2010 - 12:57pm PT
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Can you see Russia from there?
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Bumping this sonabitch. Amazing Amazing Volume. A must-buy and one of the very best climbing books in english. Really well-done, incredible image collection, wonderful text, no histrionics, solid as hell and friendly. Phenomenal, professional effort and interpretation by Crusher! Highest marks here, Pilgrims. Modern, many-textured, intelligent giant! And you can see Russia from there too, PR.
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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book looks great Crusher!
I will have to pick one up..
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kristin ogden
Boulder climber
Durango
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Crunch, You've just solved many of my holiday shopping issues! This looks awesome!
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zarmot
Trad climber
Nelson, BC
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Crusher -- do you have details on where & when the Salt Lake show will be? I flipped through a copy of the book last week... Nice job!
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 18, 2010 - 01:00pm PT
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Crusher and his fabulous partner Fran the geophysicist were visiting San Francisco this week for a conference, Pilgrims and had some time to meet up with Doug Robinson and I at Planet Granite SF, down on Crissy Field and on the Bay by the Golden Gate Bridge--- my gym. There was a couple of hours of climbing and then we had lunch in the Marina at a nice Japanese place on Chestnut (Asa Sushi). Doug drove from Kirkwood after an instructors' event there; the first 20 miles were with chains at 10 degrees. Needless to say he joined us in good form having had his weekly dose of mileage he has to always have. DR bought Crusher's book too and was really impressed with it as well. We had great weather too---snuck in between the bouts of rain that continue for another 10 days maybe.
Keep in mind buying this book; it is really modern, well-done and extensive!
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Dec 18, 2010 - 01:45pm PT
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I've been reading the book ever since I touched down at home. I am SO impressed!
Being a Brit gave Bartlett advantageous perspective on this subject. With the whole California-Colorado rivalry for FAs in the desert in between us, it's nice to have an outsider point of view. Well, maybe only truly an outsider until red sand started appearing under Crusher's fingernails, which was decades ago.
Best perspective yet on the early history. How people Like Mark Powell and Jerry Gallwas, who were leader in Yosemite in the 1950s, were just as obsessed with the skinniest towers in the desert, and at least as proud of their climbs out there.
Best rendition yet of the FA of Shiprock, and how crucial the dynamic belay techniques developed by in the 1930s by a few Sierra Club climbers turned out to be. Steve dug deep into the archives for unpublished photos, and more of a sense of what the activists were feeling. Fascinating that the first use of bolts there turned controversial right away. Some things never change...
Of course the photos are immediately striking. And so many of them new and unexpected, showing better than ever before the personalities of each generation.
Steve, I like some of your turns of phrase that make the whole thing vivid.
A harmonic imbalance of stone and space Others, like David Roberts, have been tracking the faint trail of the Anasazi, but somehow your descriptions of 5.7 solo moves way off the deck leading to old cliff dwellings really brought it home.
I had started up a slabby approach... Not far up the slab was a shiny new bolt. Ropeless and in my tennis shoes, I felt embarrassed to be a modern rock climber. Passing a second bolt, I became more concerned -- was it my own judgment I should question? Concern turned to fear when an eagle flew overhead and dropped a rabbit right at my feet. I turned around. Sometimes it's just the wrong day to visit someone's home.
Fine Job, Crusher! And I really enjoyed meeting Fran.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 18, 2010 - 09:25pm PT
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Bumping a great effort and book!
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