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My Bibliography of Books about Traditional Alpine Mountaineering     pdf, 7 pages, revised 06-03-08
This is a basic list of books we have purchased over the years for our personal library. I know there are important omissions. Some wonderful books I do not own as yet, Bradford Washburn's, Mountain Photography, for instance. The books we marked with a (+) might be read first. 

The books marked with a (*) on my list are also included in the important list of fifty-two influential books from the first 100 years of the American Alpine Club. The list is titled "High Praise" by David Stevenson that was published in the 2002 American Alpine Journal.

My recent Book Reviews:
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, 7th Edition
Leave No Trace, Backpacker's Guide 
The Games Climbers Play, a Collection of Mountaineering Writing 
Beyond Risk, Conversations with Climbers
NOLS Climbing Instructors Notebook
Learning to Rock Climb, by Michael Loughman
Stretching, by Robert and Jean Anderson
South Sister, by David Stockton
Annapurna, a woman's place is on top, by Arleen Blum
Touching the Void, by Joe Simpson  
The Outdoor Knots Book by Clyde Soles
The Trad Guide to Joshua Tree
The 1972 Chouinard Catalog of hexentrics, pitons and more
Distant Peaks - A Journey through Cultures & Conquests
75 Scrambles in Oregon by Barbara Bond, soon!

MIA CULPA
Note: I have book review writers cramp! I have acquired about 100 books since my Bibliography was made in 2002. I have about twenty books that I want to review. My problem is the time to do the reading and writing. I WILL TRY TO DO BETTER.
--Webmeister Speik, July 10, 2007

© The stack of books is used with the kind permission of Michael Chessler

Do you know of a book that we have omitted from our list? Send us your suggestion!
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