South Lake Tahoe Climbing
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Product Description
South Lake Tahoe offers exquisite year-round climbing for every ability and taste. Trad climbers can jam smooth Yosemite-like cracks at Sugarloaf or Eagle Lake, pull on steep knobs at Phantom Spires, lead their first multi-pitch route at Lover's Leap. Sport climbers can clip bolts at Luther Rock, Luther Spires and Mayhem Cove. This book focuses on some of the highest quality granite in the Sierra.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
Summary:
Just fine and it didn't even bother the locals
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Hey - I don't know Chris or angry Pati but I just passed through the area with this book and a good time was had by all. And Pati - really - you shouldn't be so insecure around bitter locals. You'll not fare well in most climbing areas of the world - except Squamish. All Canadians are friendly. It must be the great food. And how does Pati know that all the good reviews are friends of the author's? Hmmm...I smell grudge.
Remember - all guidebooks make 'locals' angry. I was through years ago and wished I'd had a book then and this one was a significant improvement over nothing. Good beta, good info.
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The best topos around.
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This guide isn't as comprehensive as the Falcon guide. But what is there is very detailed and accurate.
Worth every penny and then some.
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Summary:
Great!!
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Don't let the personal grudge posted above sway you from purchasing a very helpful resource for climbing in the South Lake Tahoe area. I happen to know this is SuperTopo's best selling guidebook. There's a reason for that.
I have the older Carville guide which is still handy for finding some obscure gems but for most cragging trips it's the ST guide that goes in my pack.
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This book is a waste of money & time!
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We had a copy of this book and took it with us to the Strawberry Lodge last week.
What a mistake. Just go ahead and write 'sucker' on your forehead and get it over with.
First off, the author has changed information about the climbs, not to mention re-named some. This made the long-time locals of the area really mad and we found out how much.
We had the book at the Lodges' bar, and did we hear about the author and his dubious ways of earning a living.
After hanging out in the area for a few days, we got all of the beta we needed about the local routes.
I would not recommend this book to anybody. The only people who do, are friends of the author, so I don't expect unbias opinions from them.
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