Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide

by Mike Gauthier, Bruce Barcott (Paperback - October 1999)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.53 x 8.30 x 5.29
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books; (October 1999)
• ISBN: 0898866553
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: 18,060

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Book Description
Now climbers can get away from the crowded dog routes and experience a wide array of Rainier's most fun, challenging, and complex routes.

Mount Rainier: A Climbing Guide features 39 of the mountain's best routes, complete with details on the approach, the climb, and the descent, as well as elevation gain, difficulties and hazards, and season. Also covered are the latest in permit and park regulations, preparation, the high camps and bivvy sites, summit day, and winter climbing. Safety information includes weather and climate considerations, objective hazards, altitude illness, cold weather concerns and other medical problems, safety tips, and what to expect in a rescue situation.

With 50 b&w photos (35 with route overlays) and 3 maps, this is the most comprehensive climbing guide to Mount Rainier.