New High Sierra guide: action shots wanted

I just chatted with the publisher. It is bound, boxed, and about to be shipped. Thank you for your patience. Its worth the wait. Plus...I don't think most people are going to be climbing in that region for quite some time, this season. 

Cheers,

Roger

Roger Putnamwrote:

...plus...I don't think most people are going to be climbing in that region for quite some time, this season. 

Cheers,

Roger

Yeah, no kidding. At all.

But we need time to drool ;)

Just pre-ordered Volume 2 !

It's difficult to overstate the quality of Volume 1. A phenomenal effort. Just have to say thanks again to everyone involved!

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P.S. On a related note, Volume 1 got me psyched out of my gourd to try Castle Rock Spire. I wonder if it could go as a snow gully approach? (Gotta strike while the poison oak is buried   .) That is, if Mineral King Rd has survived the winter. Any beta y'all have would be appreciated :)

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OK ... back to ogling .... gotta clymb !! 

jt newgardwrote:

.........P.S. On a related note, Volume 1 got me psyched out of my gourd to try Castle Rock Spire. I wonder if it could go as a snow gully approach? (Gotta strike while the poison oak is buried   .) That is, if Mineral King Rd has survived the winter. Any beta y'all have would be appreciated :).....

Re. the Mineral King Road, here's a slide from https://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/conditions.htm from "a public meeting on Friday, March 24 to provide an overview of storm damage and impacts to community and public access. A recording of the public meeting is currently available on the parks' YouTube channel." https://youtu.be/1HmPPa7RGlQ

Nice, Roger! The good people want!

There is a snow gully that is usually dealt with on most spring ascents of the spire for those using the lower approach. Maybe this year it would be more filled in and offer easier travel for a greater distance? Maybe. Photos of the Mineral King road are not inspiring to say the least. Fortunately, you don't use that for the lower approach, and they did just open the road to Hospital Rock, which is basically where you start the lower approach. So get after it. 

Oh my, thanks Brian! If I was capable of reading the words in my guidebook I would have realized that the lower approach goes! Looks like I just need to wrangle a partner as hopelessly optimistic as myself -- of course the snow will make it a walk in the park.

Thank you Terry, for the road beta also. I watched a few minutes of the presentation--very sobering. Hope all residents and road workers stay safe and for a cold spring with not too crazy runoff .

When the Southwest British Columbia Alpine Select came out, the majority of the rediscovered classics were guarded by deactivated logging roads not fully disclosed in the approach info, forcing a generation of overly stoked PNW alpinists to trash their vehicles and bone up on their bushwhacking skills. If you want to climb it, you’ll find a way. Just watch out for moats getting on the rock, they can be deadly.

jt newgardwrote:

Oh my, thanks Brian! If I was capable of reading the words in my guidebook I would have realized that the lower approach goes! Looks like I just need to wrangle a partner as hopelessly optimistic as myself -- of course the snow will make it a walk in the park.

Thank you Terry, for the road beta also. I watched a few minutes of the presentation--very sobering. Hope all residents and road workers stay safe and for a cold spring with not too crazy runoff .

Just make sure to do CRS with someone you like. You can only do the CRS for your first time once. :) It's a shame someone took the register...

Volume 2 is available now online, and at Fixe and Eastside Sports. I just ordered a copy!

https://kdanielspublishing.com/cart/index.php/guide-books/high-sierra-climbing-volume-2.html

Apparently, Volume 3 is at the printer and they are working out some “bugs“. KD said it will be coming out relatively soon, but would not give a date.

Does that mean that preorders are shipping soon?

Doctor Drakewrote:

Does that mean that preorders are shipping soon?

I jsut got my copy yesterday 

Doctor Drakewrote:

Does that mean that preorders are shipping soon?

I never got an email from them but just logged in and saw that mine had shipped out a few days ago.  So, fingers crossed.

If you purchase this from Kdanielspublishing.com, you have to open a Paypal account.

If you purchase this from fixehardware.com, you pay $18 for shipping. Eighteen dollars!

It would be nice if you could just purchase it online without either of these impediments.

FrankPSwrote:

If you purchase this from Kdanielspublishing.com, you have to open a Paypal account.

If you purchase this from fixehardware.com, you pay $18 for shipping. Eighteen dollars!

It would be nice if you could just purchase it online without either of these impediments.

Can't you just checkout via paypal w/o making an account?!

Ben Hawrote:

Can't you just checkout via paypal w/o making an account?!

I tried, then called them. Nope, must open a Paypal account. Or pay the exorbitant shipping on the Fixe website. Kdaniels said they would refund some of the shipping that Fixe charged, but I didn't want to go that route.

Shipping using Paypal and kdanielspublishing.com is $6.50. 

I got mine (Vol 1 and 2) in the mail yesterday. I didn;t pre-order just ordered them a couple days ago. Very quick service from K. Daniels publishing

Very nice job V. and Roger, sets the standard for what an alpine climbing guidebook should be

Likewise, I received (pre-order) Volume 2 yesterday. Happy to report it looks just as awesome as volume 1. Well done Vitaly and Roger!!

I can’t believe how good these books are. I’m tearing out tons of pages from my folders of obscure routes from tne AAJ and Secor. The time, effort, and love are obvious. There are only a handful of books this good (mostly Canadian) and thorough. Bravo!

Now if only someone made a S.Yosemite,SEKI, and Domelands book!

I take it back. The best thing about the whole guidebooks is Cameron Burns taking a whole add out just to embarrass his daughter.