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Summary: Marvin Tolbert, Mt. Shasta climber
Review: "You should hurry out and buy a copy immediately."
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Summary: A big disappointment if you ANY climbing experience.
Review: .... This guide of 170 pages devotes about 63 pages to climbing Mt. Shasta. The rest includes: discussions of internal frame vs. external frame packs, how to pack your pack, whether snow shoes are necessary in the summer (!), and such profound statements as "Good quality clothing protects your body from the cold and fierce winds that can generate on the Mountain." Beware of a book with two pages of acknowledgements including two acknowledgements to dogs! Or a climbing guide with a glossary that defines "peak," "run, "trailhead," and "summit." For a climbing guide to Shasta I expect more than just one detailed photo illustrating the route. I expect maps. And I expect the discussion of more than just one route up the mountain. Want to climb Shasta in the winter? Look elsewhere. Want the mileage and elevation gain in detail? Look elsewhere. The list goes on. Is this guide useful for anyone? Yes, it is useful for someone with no climbing experience at all. Anyone else, wait for the next guidebook to be published.
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Summary: A big disappointment if you ANY climbing experience.
Review: .... This guide of 170 pages devotes about 63 pages to climbing Mt. Shasta. The rest includes: discussions of internal frame vs. external frame packs, how to pack your pack, whether snow shoes are necessary in the summer (!), and such profound statements as "Good quality clothing protects your body from the cold and fierce winds that can generate on the Mountain." Beware of a book with two pages of acknowledgements including two acknowledgements to dogs! Or a climbing guide with a glossary that defines "peak," "run, "trailhead," and "summit." For a climbing guide to Shasta I expect more than just one detailed photo illustrating the route. I expect maps. And I expect the discussion of more than just one route up the mountain. Want to climb Shasta in the winter? Look elsewhere. Want the mileage and elevation gain in detail? Look elsewhere. The list goes on. Is this guide useful for anyone? Yes, it is useful for someone with no climbing experience at all. Anyone else, wait for the next guidebook to be published.
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Summary: Guide book designed to get you to the top...
Review: After reading the review titled "A big disappointment" it seems the reviewer has misconceptions about the book. From his eyes, not knowing anything at all about Mt. Shasta and never climbing it before, he was looking for a book that would match climbing Mt. Everest or one that is so advanced that the reader climbing Mt. Shasta for the first time would have no choice but to "look elsewhere." It would be like writing a guide book and then adding a review that condemns the book because it does not have information about the American presidents. The reviewer talks about his extensive climbing experience in his bio.The fact is there are at least 15,000 people (first time climbers) that attempt to climb Mt. Shasta a year and only a third make it. I would say at least 95 per cent of those that climb have never used an ice axe or crampons. The book is written for those people and it's designed to cover the Avalanche Gulch route only. Mountaineering is a sport and like most sports, you must understand the game. The book helps you understand the mountain and gives you the information that you need to make a safe and successful climb to he summit. It's a companion in your backpack!
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Summary: Guide book designed to get you to the top...
Review: After reading the review titled "A big disappointment" it seems the reviewer has misconceptions about the book. From his eyes, not knowing anything at all about Mt. Shasta and never climbing it before, he was looking for a book that would match climbing Mt. Everest or one that is so advanced that the reader climbing Mt. Shasta for the first time would have no choice but to "look elsewhere." It would be like writing a guide book and then adding a review that condemns the book because it does not have information about the American presidents. The reviewer talks about his extensive climbing experience in his bio. The fact is there are at least 15,000 people (first time climbers) that attempt to climb Mt. Shasta a year and only a third make it. I would say at least 95 per cent of those that climb have never used an ice axe or crampons. The book is written for those people and it's designed to cover the Avalanche Gulch route only. Mountaineering is a sport and like most sports, you must understand the game. The book helps you understand the mountain and gives you the information that you need to make a safe and successful climb to he summit. It's a companion in your backpack!
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Summary: Breezy, Entertaining, Factual, Unique, Indispensable
Review: After several more summit trips, side trips around and about the mountain, and climbs not lightly undertaken by the sane, Steve took his life savings and wrote a superb book, giving to the rest of us the knowledge he'd gained about climbing Mt. Shasta. Steve had achieved his goal with his book and now it's up to the rest of us to achieve ours (assuming climbing the mountain is one's goal).
Kevin Cornwell
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Summary: Don't climb the Mountain without it!!
Review: An average of 20,000 Wilderness (Visitors) permits are filled out annually, with more than 10,000 of these people having attempted to reach the Mountain's summit, most of them using the Avalanche Gulch route, and only 3,500 who actually make it. My book is the first book ever written and designed for preparing anyone to safely and successfully climb to the summit of Mt. Shasta. This book will benefit climbers and admirers on Mt. Shasta for many years to follow and hopefully decrease some of the mountaineering accidents, or better yet, eliminate them. Mt. Shasta, unlike any other mountain, has a spiritual appeal that seems to attract people from all over the world. Everyone that sees Mt. Shasta wonders what the view is like from the summit and quiet often they wonder what steps these climbers must take to stand on top of this mighty giant. This book is the closest you'll ever get to climbing to the summit without actually being there. Even if you don't climb the Mountain, it is written in such a way that you can sit home in your chair and imagine you are climbing to the summit. And for the climbers, don't leave home without this book; enjoy the reading
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Summary: Basic essentials
Review: I am planning to Summit Mt. Shasta in the upcoming year; however, I cannot even consider myself a novice--beginner, maybe. I have NEVER climbed before--this book gave me basic information that will help me to plan my trip...everything from general mountain climate to a packing list. Without reading this book, I am afraid I may have not known the essentials (basics) to take with me!
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Summary: Basic essentials
Review: I am planning to Summit Mt. Shasta in the upcoming year; however, I cannot even consider myself a novice--beginner, maybe. I have NEVER climbed before--this book gave me basic information that will help me to plan my trip...everything from general mountain climate to a packing list. Without reading this book, I am afraid I may have not known the essentials (basics) to take with me!
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Summary: Robin Kohn, Outdoor Recreation Specialist, Mount Shasta City
Review: I've found Steve's book to be the best reference available for preparing anyone to safely and successfully climb to the summit of Mt. Shasta using the Avalanche Gulch Route
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