Washington’s 100 highest In Search of Higher Ground – Washington’s Top 100 by John Lixvar (Lizard) This essay, reprinted from an earlier Echo, is an excerpt from John Lixvar’s forthcoming book on "Climbing Washington’s 100 Highest Peaks". In order to appease the impatient publishers at Mountaineer Books, Lizard is looking for contributions and/or volunteers to …
THE BASIC CLIMBING STORY I grew up in a little mountain town in eastern Oregon and I spend quite a bit of time outdoors as a kid. I hunted with my dad from an early age and most of the attraction of the hunt was the tramping around in the woods and the camping. I …
Jerry Scott (206) 784-9815 6260 First Avenue NW (206) 276-5276 (cell) Seattle, WA 98107 jerry@obatik.com Outdoor Experience Twenty-five years of mountaineering in the Cascades and Olympics. Significant summits include Rainier, Baker, Adams (Adams Glacier), Glacier, Hood, Olympus, Stuart (West Ridge), Bonanza, Goode, Prusik, Shuksan, Eldorado, Liberty Bell, Clark (Walrus Glacier), Constance, Challenger, Luna, Cutthroat (Southeast …
PRESET SEARCHES Audrey Salkeld WPA guides Jill Neate Biking and Puget Sound Fred Beckey Geology & Hiking Harvey Manning Europe & Climbing Phil Woodhouse Biking & British Columbia Bob or Carl Dreisbach Puget Sound & Hiking Ira Spring (including his photos) …
KEY WORD SEARCHES. climbing – all books about getting to the top of stuff climb guide – "where to" guides climb technique – "how to" books climb gear – small number of books about hardware climb literature – literature (mainly climbing narratives) about climbing, much of it away from the Cascades hiking – all books …
This is my collection of books about the Pacific Northwest. It emphasizes hiking and climbing and it is weighted a little towards eastern Oregon. I think that this collection represents a unique way of looking at the region. It also says something about who I am and how I look at things. Click here …
