Michigan Ice! by Bill Thompson (1998) Lake Tahoe

Michigan Ice! by Bill Thompson (1998) Lake TahoeAn Ice Climbers Guide to the Central Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Signed by someone, neither me nor the guy who sold me this book are totally sure who. He thought it was the author but it looks nothing like Bill Thompson. Surely someone relevant Anyways. This little book covers ice climbing near Lake Superior and Munising. 21 pages, black and white, with original Down Wind price tag on inside cover ($11. 00).

This is a second edition

Edited by James P

tight hardback book from the Alpine Facsimile Library

This is widely considered one of the finest climbing books ever created

This memoir tells his perspective on those early days

Handsomely illustrated with many black-and-white photos

and Bernard Privat

This book goes into far more detail than Tommy's memoir

text with occasional black and white photographs

back in the day

and other common climbing ailments

Issue 1 is signed on the masthead by George Bracksieck