Ascent Volume III (Anthology) (1980) ReferenceThe Mountaineering Experience in Word and Image. Edited by Steve Roper & Allen Steck. Ascent is the annual journal of the Sierra Club. It started as a magazine, and eventually evolved into being published as an anthology book. This one features 16 pieces, from contributors like David Roberts, Mark Twain, Ed Webster, Jeff Long, and some other people who are less recognizable but probably no less quality. Softcover, 272 pages. Small rip to bottom front
237 pages with photographic plates throughout and a few maps/diagrams
Original Neptune Mountaineering price tag ($25
Front plastic sheet slightly dinged & cracked at one point
most b&w but a few in color
and vignettes from a veritable whos-who of climbing partners
This copy in truly fantastic condition
Pocket-sized hardcover
Spring 1990 (Premiere Issue)
In excellent condition with original Teton Mountaineering price sticker still on back cover ($11
owner of the Ten Sleep Rock Ranch and a prolific developer in the Ten Sleep area - a high quality limestone sport climbing spot which now has a bolting ban due to conflict between Anderson and other locals over differing development ethics
Disaster struck: Krakauer's team and one other guided group were caught by a storm on their summit day - both head guides died
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