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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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What about Paul Piana's Touch the Sky, The Needles in the Black Hills of South Dakota. . .
Cheapest one on Bookfinder.com is $159.95
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Here is a genuinely scarce guide (and historically very interesting as well):
Compiled, edited and published by Brits: Dave Nicol, Pete Livesey and Keith Nannery.
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Stanard's fold up Seneca guide printed on a sheet of tyvek...
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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"A CLIMBERS GUIDE TO CATHEDRAL AND WHITE HORSE LEDGES" by Joseph and Karen Cote, $1.50, 1969
Many good granite adventure memories from that book...
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Capt.
climber
some eastside hovel
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Fritz
Trad climber
Choss Creek, ID
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This one is pretty rare. My friend Gary Clark published it in 1973 & most of the area was drowned by Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River in 1975.
I'm amazed to see that Mountain Project has Granite Point in their inventory of climbing areas.
http://www.mountainproject.com/v/granite-point/105834465
It was a fun fall/winter/spring climbing spot for Pullman WA & Moscow ID climbers, before the drowning occcured. There are still some routes above the water level, but not many. Reopening the area would be another good reason to add to, the many other good reasons for removing Lower Granite Dam.
Here's a photo taken by Brit climber/photographer John Cleare when he visited in 1974.
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kpinwalla2
Social climber
WA
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My entry. Red River Gorge guide from 1980 - maybe 200 produced. I'll bet this is the last one.
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Hey mad max-
Just because my mom raised a grammar nazi... "Rarest" would be proper :-)
I doubt any of these are very rare, just local guides to local spots from the late 80's early 90's.
Looking sketchy, how's this one...
It's rated PG (Pre Gordo) lol! Just kidding.
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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It just occurred to me that Werner Landry's 1973 Guide to Mission Gorge was the first guide I'd ever even SEEN, much less owned!
Has anybody ever even seen a real-life, in-the-flesh copy of Eric Beck's 1964 guide to Mission Gorge?
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WyoRockMan
climber
Grizzly, WY
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This one is pretty hard to come by lately:
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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The first Needles guide is a good one.
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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If not most rare, it certainly is obscure…
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rmuir
Social climber
From the Time Before the Rocks Cooled.
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The oldest climber's guide in my stash…
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chill
climber
between the flat part and the blue wobbly thing
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I don't know about exotic but here are my entries for most obscure:
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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That Eleven Mile Canyon Guide is very obscure. One of 200 printed or something like that.
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MisterE
Gym climber
Small Town with a Big Back Yard
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Randy, speaking of only 200 ever printed -
Lost my copy at some point, but have some scans.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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I have a zerox copy of Ruth Mendenhalls hand drawn topo and route description of the North Face of Strawberry Peak in Angeles Crest near Los Angeles 1939. I think I got it from Secor who gave it to me while I was helping Troy Mayr with the So Cal Sport Climbing Guide. I'll try and dig it up.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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This is a reprint but I suspect that not many copies remain of the original 1964 printing.
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