To Be Brave by Royal Robbins (2009) Grand Teton

To Be Brave by Royal Robbins (2009) Grand TetonMy Life: Volume 1. This is the first volume in Royal Robbins' three part autobiography. This volume describes Robbin's rough childhood in southern California, and early forays into climbing. According to John Long on the back cover "If there's a finer memoir written by an American climber, I haven't seen it." Slim book, 221 pages with the occasional photo throughout the text. This is a nice clean softcover copy with a Chessler Books sticker on the

Homemade photocopies of the supplemental maps are included

The seminal guide to the birthplace of alpinism

I hear this place is alright

Half the profits from the sale of this book will be returned to Steve Komito

A photo-topo reference guide

You can read more about Brown in this book (Ha

His twin brother Jim Whittaker was the first American to stand atop Mount Everest

The Renegades and Rogues who Built an Industry on the Top of the World

The dust jacket brags that over 1

with a taped spine

and the Absaroka Range

318 pages with a hefty bibliography in the back