OK, I'm the author (with Chris Summit) and this is a shameful plug for our book that just arrived (8,000 lbs of it!)...
Larger 8"x10" format, 456 pgs, over 100 crags in Northern California, over 2,000 routes (trad, sport, TR, bouldering - maps, photos, topos)
It'll get you anywhere worth climbing north of the Kern River. A Select guide! Many out of print/or hard to get info areas - KERN, NEEDLES, KINGS/SEQI, CALAVERAS, COURTRIGHT, SONORA PASS, BEAR VALLEY, TOLLHOUSE, FRESNO DOME, SHUTEYE RIDGE... etc. Keep in mind... it's a select guide - great for road trips.
You can get a copy at
http://www.maximuspress.com/
from Marty Lewis (God bless him)
$49.95 (approx. the cost of a tank of gas but it'll last the rest of your life)
free shipping
They won't be in stores for another few weeks but it could be in your hands in a few days.
additional free topos to go with the guide are at
http://www.slatervision.com/id21.html
Sample pages also there if you want to take a peek! (table of contents)
Foreword by Royal Robbins, photography by Jim Thornburg, Jerry Dodrill, Bill Serniuk, and many others out there in the climbing community (THANK YOU! many of you provided photos or edited!)
Contributing authors also include Steve Edwards and Marty Lewis.
This has taken 5 years of my life so I'm sorry for the shameful plug but I do think it is a good book (biased of course). There was such a community involvement it was so cool to hook up with legends and regular joe locals and make new friends in the process.
So there you go! Cheers and happy climbing - Tom
