Bob D's new Boulder Canyon guide?

Has anyone who pre-ordered Bob D'Antonio's new Boulder Canyon guide (Wolverine Publishing) received a copy yet? I'm not sure where they're shipping from / when they should be shipping, but I'm getting antsy! The "will be available" date is 8/4/09. Thoughts?

i just posted a similar question, has this started hitting the shelves in stores yet?

I've seen a copy just out of the box from the printers, but there was something that Dave was not happy about, so maybe he is trying to correct that.

EDIT: Oh yeah the book I saw must have been from the one box that was air shipped so that Dave could get them as soon as possible to show. The rest then come over on a boat and take a bit longer. You would probably not want to pay the extra to get the book a few weeks earlier.

thanks for the tip, LeeAB. sorry for the double post, slim.

fwiw, they've had a copy on the counter at The Spot (Boulder) for a few weeks now. I've flipped (read: drooled) through it and it looks glorious!

The Boulder Canyon book was a little later being delivered than anticipated. Apologies to those who pre-ordered. The good news is it is due into our warehouse tomorrow. Customers who pre-ordered will have their books shipped tomorrow and Wednesday. Copies should be in the climbing stores by the weekend.

Came in the mail today!! Thanks so much, Bob and Dave! It looks incredible. I'm about to go break it in....

Yep, today's mail....soooo sweet. Can't wait to get started!

Nice work Bob and Dave!!! Looks great!

How about someone doing a "book review" for the site?

I'll send you some free stickers!

The new guide book is excellent -- great binding, color photo topos, hundreds of new routes not in any other guidebook. Nice compact size. I especially like that sport routes are shown in blue and trad routes in red -- makes it easy to narrow in on the climbs you want to check out. Essays by Royal Robbins, Pat Ament, John Gill, Jim Erickson, Richard Rossiter, and others. Great job, Bob and Dave!

On the shelves at wilderness exchange....

John McNamee wrote:How about someone doing a "book review" for the site?

I'm no book expert, but based on my first outing with it (last night), I'm happy to share my thoughts (both pro and con):

-The first thing that I noticed was the size. Nice and compact for stuffing in the top pocket of my pack. The fact that the actual pages are a little smaller than the outer cover means I can drop the book on rocks and not ruin the actual pages.

-The sport/trad color distinction is also great, although I'm not a fan of the "mixed" routes appearing in the sport color. [Just my opinion, but it seems like trad climbers always have a couple of draws on them for when they're needed. Folks like me - who haven't the foggiest idea how to place gear - are *not* going to have any gear to place. One of these days I'll learn :) ]

-Another awesome subtle feature is that the areas (chapters) are color coded by the directions they face.

-The photos appear to be recent and are of high enough resolution that it's easy to find your way around (coupled with user submissions here on MP, it'd be next to impossible to miss a route).

-The route descriptions are pretty spartan, which is just fine. However, there is little to no indication of how long the routes are (aside from the draw count). I noticed a couple of the chapter introductions mention something like "accessible with 60 m rope," but not all of them say this. Especially for rapping down some of the multi-pitch routes, it would have been nice to have some numbers.

-The pages of historical information on the areas, developers, first ascentionists, etc are a great touch. I haven't had a chance to read through them all, but I'm looking forward to that.

-There's also some bouldering included (from V0 to Vyeahright) at the end of the guide!

That's what I've got from my first day with it! If anything important occurs to me (and doesn't get mentioned by others), I'll update!

Haven't picked it up yet - but a friend and I noticed errors in the happy hour crag topos - Just pointing it out, because it's a popular area.

Overall glossy colorful and up to date - which is nice...

I just got my yesterday. I had e-mailed to see what the deal was and poof there it was.

So far I like it. Haven't gotten up there recently to test it out but it includes more routes and it's organized better. One thing I've always like about Wolverine is the use of color coding and color pictures. It makes a world of difference in finding what you're looking for. I agree that the mixed routes marked with the sport's blue color could be confusing. If you read the descriptions though it makes it pretty clear what gear you need. Overall, very nice.

Neptune's has got them. OH YEAH!

Maybe with his book wrapped up Bob will return and give this site the enema it needs. Yawn.

my comments so far:

I am thrilled that there is a color guide to the area with photos, which makes identifying routes that much easier. Having used the book, I've already noticed a few mislabelings on description photos though. Some minor, some not so minor. I'd also like to see route lengths. Also, comparing it to Rossiter's book, I'm bummed that literally 20 areas were left out of the book, which is roughly 16% of the areas, or 150 routes, so roughly 10% of the routes in the canyon are not in the book. It's a great step towards a comprehensive guide though and I'm sure those areas will be included in the second edition.

Note of concern though: The access, especially in Lower Dream Canyon, was poorly addressed. Case in point - areas like Pin Dome, which are clearly on Private Property and have loads of "No Tresspassing" signs tacked to trees near it. This info was already on this website and as the author was a frequent user/contributer for such a long time, I'm sure he was aware of the comments. It's just one opinion, but I think it was his and the publisher's responsibility to look into land ownership details more thuroughly and not be so ambiguous about it, which will only jeapordize access more.