After nearly 5 years of effort the Super Topo Washington Pass guide book
is now complete and ready for purchase.
Washington Pass
Climbing is the most detailed climber’s guide to what is arguably the
best alpine rock climbing area in the Northwest. Author Ian Nicholson
included 59 of the best routes and climbed every single one to ensure
accuracy of the information. Nearly 20 of the routes have never before
been covered with a published topo.
This book includes formerly
obscure climbs and variations of all grades to provide more options for
avoiding crowds. Included routes feature everything from short 4th class
scrambles to 5.13 big walls. While the book features many hard test
pieces in the region, there is a generous selection of moderate
multi-pitch climbs in the 5.6-5.10 range.
Check it out
http://www.supertopo.com/packs/washington-pass.html
If
you are willing to buy one, I would be super grateful
The eBook is
ready for immediate download and you can pre-order the print book which
will ship in early October.
This book has been a ton of work but
I am super happy with how it turned out. I don't think a single climber
could look through it and not get stoked to climb there. Even a
seasoned Washington Pass climber will be surprised by the number of
routes and the volume of information.
Another cool aspect to this
book besides the super detailed route info is all the cool history I
have compiled. The book contains fascinating first ascent stories that
only add to the depth of climbing these routes.
I worked super hard to insure accuracy of all the topos and beta for
every route. In several cases I climbed routes multiple times to further
refine the beta and to more accurately draw the topos. I pretty much
always climbed with a pencil and paper in my pocket, often stopping mid
pitch or even several times a pitch to draw lines and scribble
(sometimes to the dismay of my climbing partners, thanks guys you know
who you are). In the book I have climbed many of the routes more than 10
times and I have climbed the Beckey route more than 50 times (most of
those times have been guiding). On several occasions if I wasn't 100%
sure I went the best way I would rap and re-climb up another way to see
if it was better (also much to the dismay of my climbing partner, this
was typically met with a "really..... we are gonna rap back down that
pitch....really?". But in the end it resulted in a rad book with a ton
of good info. I hope everyone digs it.
To sum it up this
book is mega sick and you should pick one up
