Dr_Crash Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 Buying online, so can't look at the index, and yes, I don't have my passes etc. all down yet so I don't know if it's vol II or III (guess is II). I am buying vol I and whichever covers Baker / Shuksan. If that is vol II, is vol III worth getting for someone based in Redmond? What kind of cool climbs are in it that are doable over a week-end (preferrably a night and day) that I'd want to do? Thanks, drC Quote
fenderfour Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 Baker is in Vol III, but you could have found that out by looking at it at REI before you bought it. You may want to get Selected climbs Vol I and II instead. I think both of them combined will be about the same price as a CAG but they will be of more use to you. Quote
Dr_Crash Posted August 12, 2004 Author Posted August 12, 2004 As I said, I'm buying online. Are you recommending the Selected Climbs because the descritions are less terse / succinct than in Beckey's books? From what I've read about Mt Rainier in his book, I'm fine with the way he describes stuff. drC Quote
Alex Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 Baker and Shuksan are in Vol 3 (Red). Briefly Vol 1 covers: Mt St Helens, Mt Adams, Mt Rainier, entire Stuart Range Vol 2 covers: Glacier Peak, much of North Cascades Park incl Dome, Cascade Pass area, Ptarmigan Traverse peaks Vol 3 covers: Baker, Shuksan, Pasayten Wilderness, Washington Pass and the Wine Spires, Chehalis, Cheam and Anderson River groups Quote
MCash Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 Give me break, Selected Climbs more valuable than than the Beckey Guide? There is more to the Cascades than a couple dozen selected routes. Quote
fenderfour Posted August 12, 2004 Posted August 12, 2004 Not overall more valuable, but more useful to a new climber. Quote
knelson Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Have to agree with MCash. I have them all (CAG and Selected Climbs) and would recommend CAG if you're looking for the most bang for your buck. Selected Climbs is purty and all, but CAG is way more useful overall. My analogy... When people go on road trips, they can either (1) get a highway map from the store or web and figure it out for themselves, or (2) go to AAA and get one of those nice maps in flip-folder form with the entire route highlighted in orange with all the gas stations and Starbucks marked in red. Beckey guide is (1) and Selected Climbs is (2). Both good in their own right, but one is way more useful after the roadtrip. And yes... Vol 3 (Red) IS useful to a guy in Redmond. If nothing else, after looking through it you'll want to move north! -Kurt Quote
pzack Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 You should really just get the whole set of books. CAG is the Cascade climber's Bible. If you keep your eyes open, you can get them for about $15 each at used book stores. (Powells Books in Oregon usually has the whole set available at $15-$18 each) And if you're a newbie, I'd get Jeff Smoot's "Climbing Washington's Mountains" It has a ton of scrambles and glacier climbs to gnash your teeth on. Quote
Szyjakowski Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Beckey should just make one book next time and call it the cascade bible. Quote
Dru Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 Beckey should just slim down the description so it is the same for all the routes. "Drive to end of road. Park. Bushwack. Cross broken glacier. Bivi. Scramble steeply to summit up improbable rib. Descent obvious hidden gully. Traverse moat to regain objective cirque." Quote
Szyjakowski Posted August 13, 2004 Posted August 13, 2004 why yes, that sounds brilliant and then just lots of pictures in color! Quote
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