Index Town Wall Climbing Guide by Clint Cummins (1993) The Pit

Index Town Wall Climbing Guide by Clint Cummins (1993) The PitTopo style guide to Index Town Wall. Very little text description besides rack info, but many detailed topos. Several indices, including: routes by type (arete, stemming, thin crack, offwidth, etc); first ascent info; routes and crags by name; routes by grade. 75 pages, 8. 5x11, spiral bound with plastic covers on front and back. Front plastic sheet slightly dinged & cracked at one point; original price tag ($5. 95) still on back cover.

Full color

Tony Yaniro

Describes the 1952 French expedition to Argentine Patagonia that scored the first ascent of Fitz Roy

and fold-out map

Ament states: "We wish to write about the spirit and beauty of climbing and the history as much as tell about routes

but binding still tight

Everest dreck

The ridge is no longer unclimbed: a Japanese team finished the whole route in 1995

Touching the Void is one of the most amazing stories of human drive to survive

climbing with Dougal Haston

although loose

with photos and cartoons throughout