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Written by Ryan Allen   

All of the books below are available for loan to club members. Checkout policy is;

  • Checkout at monthly meetings
  • Return at monthly meetings
  • Sign book out in designated roster
  • Maximum 2 books at a time
  • Maximum 2 months loan
Contact the club librarian for more info:  Thomas Ryan

Field Guides

A field guide to the Cascades and Olympics, Whitney, Stephen R. 1983
Fire and Ice, The Cascade Volcanos. Harris, Stephen. 1980
Glaciers of North America, A field guide. Ferguson, Sue A. 1992
Guide to Western willdlife. Hancock, David. 1977 (2 copies)
Northwest Trees. Arno, S.F.and Hammerly, R.P. 1977

Videos

A Canadian holiday
Basic rock climbing
Journey on the continental divide
Mt. Rainier - Wonderland trail
Over the edge
Smart moves

Instructional books

Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness, David Musnick
Avalanche safety for skiers and climbers (2 copies)
Backpacking one step at a time. Manning,Harvey. 1980
Basic rockcraft. Robbins, Royal. 1971
Big walls. Long, John and Middendorf, John.
Climbing anchors. Long, John.
Climbing ice. Chouinard. (3 copies)
Free heel sking secrets of telemark & parallel techniques in all conditions. Parker, Paul 1988
Going higher. The story of man and altitude. Houston, Charles, S. M.D. 1983
How to shit in the woods. Meyer, Kathleen. 1989
Learning to rock climb. Loughman, Michael. 1981
Mountain search and rescue techniques. May, W.G.
Northwest mountain weather. (2 copies)
Snowshoeing. Prater, Gene. 1974
Sports endurance. Tinley, Scott.

Climbing guides

Rock Climbing Washington (the thick new one), Jeff Smoot
Mt Rainier Guide, Mike Gauthier
Climbing Mt. Rainier guide, Beckey and Van Steen
North Cascades Crest, James Martin
A climbing guide to Oregon. Dodge, Nicholas A. 1975
Aconcagua: A climbers guide. (1 copy - MIA)
Camping and climbing in Baja. Robinson, John W. 1983
Cascade alpine guide, Columbia river to Stevens pass. Beckey, Fred. (1st ed -1973)
Cascade alpine guide, Rainy pass to Fraser river. Beckey, Fred. (1st ed - 1981)
Cascade alpine guide, Stevens pass to rainy pass. Beckey, Fred. (1st ed - 1973)
Climbers guide to the Lake Tahoe region. Dexter, Greg. 1976
Climbers guide to the Olympic mountains. 1979
Climbers guide to Yosemite valley. Roper, Steve. 1971
Climbers and scramblers guide to the lumpy ridge area of Rocky Mountian National Park. Saluun and Kimball. 1977
Colorados Indian Peaks wildereness area. Classic hikes and climbs. Roach, Gerry. 1989
Cross country ski routes of Oregonns Cascades. Vielbig, Klindt. 1984
Eldorado - a rock climbers guide. Ament, Pat. 1980
Exploring Katai National Monument. 1974
Free climbs of Devels Tower. Mcgee, Dingus. 1979
Guide to the Colorado mountains. Ormes, Robert M. 1979
High points of the states. Ashley, Frank. 1970
Hiking the bigfoot country. The wildlands of northern California and southern Oregon. Hart, John. 1975
Hiking the great basin. The high desert country of California, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Hart, John. 1981
Hiking the Teton backcountry. Lawrence, Paul. 1970
Idaho rock. Acling guide to Selkirk Crest and Sandpoint areas. Green, Randall. 1987
Mexico's volcanoes: climbers guide. (3 copies)
Mount Cook national park. Information and maps.
Mountaineering and it's literature. Neate,W.R. 1980 (ref only)
Mountains of the world. A handbook for climbers and hikers. Beuler, William. 1970
Mt. McKinley climbers handbook. Randall, Glenn. 1984
Rocky mountain national park climbers guide.
Rocky mountain national park. Classic hikes and climbs. Roach, Gerry. 1988
Selected free climbs of the Black Hills Needles. McGee, Dingus. 1981
Sivalaya. Explorations of the 8000 meter peaks of the Himalaya. Baumer, Louis C. 1979
Tahquitz and Suicide rocks. Wilts, Chuck. 1979
The Alps. Sanuki, Mato and Yamada, Keiichi. 1969
The Canadian mountaineering anthology. Fairley, Bruce.
The climbers guide to the High Sierra. Roper, Steve. 1976
The high peaks - climbing guide to the mountain areas of Rocky Mountain national park. DuMais, Richard. 1981
The Mount Cook guidebook. Logan, Hugh. 1982
Wasatch Granite. A rock climbing guide. Smith, Dave. 1977
Yosemite national park. A natural history guide to Yosemite and its trails. Schaffer, Jeffrey P. 1978
Yuraq Janka. Cordilleras Blanca and Rosko, Peru. Ricker, John F. 1981 (MIA)

Climbing adventures

A hard days summer. Six classic north faces, solo. Hargreaves, Alison
Beyond risk conversations with climbers. O'Connell, Nicholas.
British mountaineers. Smythe, F.S. 1942
Brooks range passage. Cooper, David J. 1982
Camp 4 - Recollections of a Yosemite rock climber. Roper, Steve.
Cascade voices (2 copies)
Climbing in North America. Jones, Chris.
Cloud dancers, Portaits of North American Mountaineers. Waterman, Jonathan.
Degrees of difficulty. Shatayev, Vladimir. 1987 (2 copies)
Everest, the west ridge. Hornbien, Thomas F.
Expeditions of Nowhere. Sherman, Paddy. 1981
Gervasutti's climbs. Gervasutti, Giusto. 1979
Give me the hills. Underhill, Miriam. 1971
Himalayan climber. Scott, Doug. 1992 (MIA)
I choose to climb. Bonnington, Chris. 1985 (MIA)
In the shadow of Denali. (2 copies)
K2 the story of the savage mountain. Curran, Jim
Koma Kulshan, the story of Mount Baker. Miles, John C. 1984
Kongur, China's elusive summit. Bonnington, Chris. 1982 (2 copies)
Living on the edge. The Sinter ascent of Kanchenjunga. Bremer-Kamp, Cherie. 1987
Men against the clouds. Burdsall, Richard L. and Emmons, Arthur B. 1980
Mixed emotions. Mountaineering writings of Gregg Child.
Mountain fever, historic conquests of Rainier. Haines, Aubrey L
Mountains of the great blue dream. Reid, Robert Leonard. 1991
Nahanni trailhead. A year in the northern wilderness. Morre, Joanne Roann. 1980
On top of the world, 5 women explorers in Tibet. Miller, Luree.
Scrambles among the alps. Whymper, Edwards. 1981
Seven summits. Bass, Dick and Wells, Frank. 1986
Storm and sorrow in the high Pamirs. Craig, Robert W. 1977
Summits and secrets. Diemberger, Kurt. 1991 (MIA)
Surviving Denali. A study of a ccidents on Mount Mckinley 1910-1982. Waterman, Jonathan. 1983
Surviving Denali. A study of a ccidents on Mount Mckinley 1903-1990. Waterman, Jonathan. 1991
The American alpine journal. Years 1970, 72,73,74,76,77,78,85.
The armchair mountaineer. Reuther, David and Thorn, John. 1984 (MIA)
The ascent of Everest. Hunt, John. (2 copies)
The ascent of Rum Doodle. Bowman, W.E. 1979
The Boardman-Tasker omnibus: The shining mountain/Sacred summits. Savage arena/Everest the cruel way.
The breach. Kilimanjaro and the conquest of self. Taylor, Rob. 1981
The challenge of Rainier. Molenaar, Dee. (3 copies)
The crystal horizon. Messner, Reinhold.
The last step. The American ascent of K2. Ridgeway, Rick. 1980
The mountain world. Swiss foundation for mountaineering research. Years 1953-55
To the ends of the earth. A transglobe expedition. The first pole to pole circumnavigation ofthe globe. Fiennes. 1983
Total alpinism. Desmaison, Rene. 1982 (MIA)
Touching the void. Simpson, Joe.
Wager the wind. The Don Sheldon story. Greiner, James. 1978
Why I climb. Personal insights of top climbers. Gardiner, Steve. 1990
Womem climbing. Birkett

Note: If anyone has any of the books listed as missing in action (MIA), could they please return them.

Contact the club librarian for more info:  Thomas Ryan

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 January 2010 16:28