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ASCENT: of the invention of mountain climbing and its practice. by Jeremy Bernstein.
Presents the world of alpinism--its history and continuing fascination. Tells of great English climbers and early ascents of Matterhorn (1865) and Greene (1880) and of the guides of Champion. Discusses the alternation of hope and fear and describes famous climbs and their incidents. Historical photographs, 144 pages, bibliography.
ISBN: 0-8032-6052-0. 1979. Order #: UNNE1416 paper$7.95.

ASCENT: the invention of mountain climbing and its practice. by Jeremy Bernstein.
Compelling encounters with the peaks and the people who scale them. Chronicles two centuries of mountaineering in the French Alps, birthplace of mountain climbing--from the first ascent in 1760 through the golden age of mountaineering in the nineteenth century, describes historic expeditions with immediacy, suspense charm, and humor. Presents modern achievements and excitements, heroic rescues and grim disasters along with expert analysis of climbing maneuvers. Mixes history, technical knowledge, and great stories from mountaineering literature. Maps, historical photographs, bibliography, 221 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-68275-X. 1989. ORDER #: SISC1417 paper$9.95.

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF FIRST AID FOR THE OUTDOORS. by William W. Forget, M.D. Concise approach to common wilderness problems; plant rash, bites and stings, fractures vs. sprains, medications, first-aid kit design, treating shock, hypothermia, wind-chill chart, removing a fish hook, more. 25 illustrations, 72 pages, bibliography, index.
ISBN: 0-934802-43-2. Order #: ICSB3794 paper$6.95.

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF MAP AND COMPASS. by Cliff Jacobson.
Understand and use any type of compass, orienteering or simple. Find your way to favorite spots--and back. Use your compass at night. Understand how to relate a map with a compass. Know the difference between U.S. and Canada maps. Triangulate for location and direction. 41 illustrations, 72 pages, table of common terms, index.
ISBN: 0-934802-42-4. Order #: ICSB3887 paper$6.95.

#THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF MOUNTAINEERING. Moynier.
Mountain challenge, equipment, judgment, leadership . illustratrions.72 pages. ISBN: 0-934802-65-3.
Inventory=3; otherwise out of print. ISBN: 0-934802-65-3. Order #: ICSB7171 paper$4.95.

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF RESCUE FROM THE BACKCOUNTRY. Tilton.
Assessing situations for rescue, methods of evacuation and transportation, improvised litters. Illustrated, 72 pages.
ISBN: 0-934802-69-6. Order #: ICSB7185 paper$5.99.

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF ROCK CLIMBING. by Mike Tradesman.
Rely on technique but use safety supports; physical conditioning and mental preparation. Explains fear and managing it, climb classification system, equipment, about balance and friction and movements, footholds and handhold, overhangs, cracks, and more to introduce a person to the sport. preferably in anticipation of taking lessons to reduce the risk factor.. 30 illustrations, 72 pages, glossary, index.
ISBN: 0-934802-45-9. 1989. Order #: ICSB3791 paper$5.99.

THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF SURVIVAL. Churchill.
Skills needed to survive a few days in case of wilderness misadventure. 30 illustrations, 72 pages.
ISBN: 0-934802-48-3. Order #: ICSB4170 paper$5.99.

#THE BASIC ESSENTIALS OF WEATHER FORECASTING. Hodgson.
Predict weather when in backcountry to decide to stay put, go on, or get out. Illustrated, 72 pages.
ISBN: 0-934802-75-0. Order #: ICSB5258 paper$6.95.

#CLIMBING ADVENTURES: a climber's passion. Bridwell.
19 accounts of world-wide ascents. Illustrated, 224 pages.
ISBN: 0-934802-22-X. Order #: ICSB5286 paper$16.50.

THE COMPETENCE FACTOR: skills that make the difference in outdoor sports. by Bradford Angier.
Coping with challenges of backcountry hazards, rescues-coping with hypothermia, treatment of frostbite, dressing for cold weather, safeguarding your vision, escaping from quicksand and quagmire, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, treating snake-bite, preventing altitude sickness, purifying water. All are skills pertinent to cross-count and downhill skiing, cold weather camping and backpacking, fishing, canoing, swimming, rock climbing, biking, hunting and shooting, and archery. Drawings, 180 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-2189-2. 1983. Order #: STAC1405 paper$7.95.

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO LAND NAVIGATION with GPS. by Noel J. Hotchpotch.
What Global Positioning Technology (GPS) can do and how it can best be used in a variety of everyday circumstances--navigating with GPS and map, navigating with and without a compass, highway travel with GPS, buying a GPS receiver. Included CD is for older versions of Windows only. Diagrams, sample maps, photographs, glossary, 316 pages, index.
ISBN:1-892688-00-X. 1999. Order #: MISC1424 paper$24.95.

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO WILDERNESS AND TRAVEL MEDICINE. by Eric A. Weiss, M. D.
A manual intended to help manage medical emergencies in remote environments (or for foreign travel) when professional medical care or rescue is not readily available. Starts with basic assessment of issues and emergency responses to these conditions such as breathing, bleeding, and beating (of heart) , goes on to deal with specific situations of allergic emergencies, altitude illness, animal bites, burns, hypothermia, food poisonings, fractures, dental emergencies, sprains, ticks, snake bites, and much more. Drawings, contents list, 198 little pages for carrying in the pack.
ISBN: 0-9659768-0-7. 1997. Order #: MISC2638 paper$6.95.

EMERGENCY SURVIVAL. by Charles A. Lehman.
Explores a myriad of situations where one's life may be in jeopardy--light plane crash, snowstorm stops traffic on interstate, vehicle gets stuck offroad, electricity goes out in mountain ski lodge, snowmobile dies far up the trail, lost in a swamp, fall off boat into cold water--and recounts real episodes of how some coped successfully and some did not. What to expect from SAR--search and rescue--and how to help get it (radio, phone, smoke, signals, signs) and assist when you have. Lists things to carry even though you would not normally need them but would in case of emergency. The thing you do not want to use on your trip is your first aid kit--unless. You may not be the one to need help, but need to know how to help others in your party or whom you encounter. Drawings, 153 pages.
ISBN: 0-935810-03-X. 1979. Order #: MISC2076 paper$7.95.

FIELD GUIDE TO OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY. by C. Boyd Pfeiffer.
For all who wander afield--a quick reference for bringing all the good times home. Presents techniques for photographing flowers, birds, animals, landscapes, and candid reminiscences of companions on the trail. Covers composition--secret of good and interesting pictures, lighting--various types for various effects, exposure--determining settings for great photos, making and improving accessories. Includes aspects of photography in hunting, fishing, camping, backpacking, climbing, and boating including details on building blinds and shutter releases, plus information on animal photography at night. Also includes advice on displaying photographs after taking them--framing, albums, and more. Photographs, 224 little pages for easy carrying in the field, index.
ISBN: 0-8117-2261-9. 1977. Order #: STAC2633 paper$7.95.

FIRST AID: quick information for mountaineering and backcountry use. by Ed Peters.
Goes beyond the "everyday" mishaps that can occur but which can almost be predicted to happen if one spends much time in outdoor activities. Especially if such a mishap occurs while a long distance from help beyond one's own party then help must come from within the group. Suggests response to and treatment of CPR, resuscitation, hemorrhage, evacuation, fracture, frostbite, head and spine injuries, heat exhaustion, hypothermia, joint and muscle injuries, pulmonary edema, shock, snowblindness, sunburn. Contents of the mountaineering first aid kit are listed. This is a good pamphlet to read and understand before you need to. Drawings, accident report form, 34 little pages.
Inventory =3. ISBN: 0-89886-070-9. 1982. Order #: MOUN2664 paper$2.95.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS CATALOG. by Kenn and Pat Oberrecht. Lists mail-order suppliers of hunting, fishing, camping, and other outdoor gear, with descriptions of top products. Boats, guns, tents, fishing gear, knives, cameras. While there are newer items available today, this guide is now a reference to help identify sources and manufacturers of past products, some of which are approaching antique status. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs, 256 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-87691-240-40. 1977. Order #: ZZSU5794 paper$9.95.

#HIGH-ADVENTURE OUTDOOR PURSUITS: organization and leadership. by Meier, Morash & Welton.
Textbook on outdoor leadership. 535 pages.
Inventry = 1. ISBN: 0-942280-38-5. Order #: PUHO9645 paper$28.95.

HYPOTHERMIA: death by exposure. by William W. Forgey M.D..
Understanding, preventing and treating severe body chill--the greatest potential danger for anyone traveling in the outdoors--whether hunting, camping, climbing, skiing, or even driving down a highway. It can be prevented, it can be treated--but only if you know how. Covers gross energy costs of various activities, wind-chill factors. Illustrated, 180 pages, index, glossary, table of treatments.
ISBN: 0-934802-10-6. 1985. Order #: ICSB1348 paper$9.95.

ICECRAFT. Kingsley. Climbing on glaciers and ice cliffs--how to do it. Illustrated, 120 pages.
ISBN: 0-910856-58-3 . Order #: LASI0789 paper$4.95. check stock.

LOOKING FOR MO: a novel. by Daniel Duane.
Story is set in northern California including San Francisco and Yosemite Valley around a would-be writer from Generation X who fails in his attempt to climb El Capitan in Yosemite, lifts shared stories from a friend, reunites with that friend and then together finish the climb, exploring the tenuous foundations of friendship. Includes author interview. 236 pages.
ISBN: 0-671-03483-9. 1998. Cover lightly soiled. Order #: MISC2740 paper$12.00.

MOUNTAIN MEN: a history of the remarkable climbers and determined eccentrics who first scaled the world's most famous peaks. by Mike Conefrey & Tim Jordan.
Chronicles the characters who operated in conditions of equipment, terrain knowledge, and mountaineering technique all of which were primitive compared to today's standards. Tells the stories of climbers of the Matterhorn, McKinley (Denali), Everest, and K2, and others. There is the ascent of Mont Black by Albert Smith with 16 guides and 18 porters, Edward Whymper on the Matterhorn who lost four party members shortly after summiting, Maurice Wilson who froze on Everest although counting on God's protection. A chapter asks, "Why climb?"
ISBN: 0-306-81129-4. 2002. Order #: MISC6589 cloth$23.00.

MOUNTAINEERING BASICS. by Lynne Foster.
Expanded version of Sierra Club handbook. Complete information on wilderness trip planning, physical conditioning, outfitting, using map and compass, camping with children, amateur weather forecasting, on- and off-trail travel, campsite selection and management, food and cooking, safety and first aid, search and rescue. Specialized instructions are given for rockclimbing, winter camping, snow and ice camping, desert travel. All wilderness skills are approached from a minimum impact perspective. Photographs drawings, 240 pages, index.
ISBN: 0-032238-24-6. Order #: MISC1546 paper$9.95.

THE ORVIS GUIDE TO OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHY. by C. Boyd Pfeiffer.
Gives professional advice on best equipment for a variety of outdoor pursuits: hiking fishing hunting, nature study, and more. Chapters on Lighting and Composition, Flash Photography, and Close-up Photography offer technical instruction. There is also full treatment of animal, bird, and wildlife photography. Includes composition, equipment adaptations for special shots in difficult situations. Makes outdoor experiences more rewarding by bringing back memorable /images from trips afield. Over 100 photographs including 4 pages in color, 226 pages, index.
Inventory =1. ISBN: 0-8329-0434-1. 1986. Order #: MISC2097 paper$13.95.

PARTING SHOTS: an adventure in post cards. by Outside Magazine editors. Book of 22 color postcards showing unusual and/or amusing outdoor scenes.
ISBN: 0-671-75465-3. 1993. Order #: SISC3553 paper$9.95.

STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: a basic map and compass book. by Don Geary.
Expert advice on selecting the map and compass you need;, determining location, route, and destination; staying on course; adjusting for magnetic declination; evaluating binoculars, altimeters, and other navigational tools; forecasting weather with instruments and folklore. Illustrated, 158 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-2097-7. Order #: STAC1367 paper$9.95.

STICKEEN. by John Muir.
Illustrated edition of well-loved tale of how John Muir and the dog Stickeen struggled to cross an Alaskan glacier during an ice storm. An exhilarating story that has become an American classic. Illustrated, 96 pages. I
ISBN: 0-930588-48-7. Order #: HEYD6114 paper$7.95.

SURVIVAL WITH STYLE: in trouble or in fun...how to keep body and soul together in the wilderness. by Bradford Angier.
What to put in a survival kit, find drinking water, staying warm, making fire without matches, understand weather, determine directions, build a shelter, live off the earth, and more. Illustrated, 320 pages, index..
ISBN: 0-394-71982-4. Order #: RAHO1199 paper$5.95.

TAKING CARE OF OUTDOOR GEAR. by editors of Stackpole Books.
Guide to extending life of your sports equipment--winter and summer, water and land. Push out a dent in a canoe, stop rope ends from fraying, wash a sleeping bag, seam-seal a tent, repair a tent pole, break in boots, manage Gore-Tex and other fabrics, clean wool garments, and more. Illustrated with drawings, 318 pages.
ISBN: 0-8117-2148-5. 1983. Order #: STAC1402 paper$9.95.

UP LONG'S PEAK IN 1873--with Rocky Mountain Jim. by Lady Isabella A. Bird.
In 1873 Lady Bird had herself a grand world tour from her native England. She stopped long at Estes Park, adjacent to what is now Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park. Was it the marvelous mountain scenery that held her there? Or her guide, Rocky Mountain Jim? On her tour she wrote letters to her sister back home, and these were later collected into the now-classic A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. Up Long's Peak, of course, comes from the larger volume, abridged so as to center just on Estes Park and Long's Peak, in the area of what is today Rocky Mountain National Park. Visitors to the park region today can learn through this first-hand account of an early appreciation of America's wilderness heritage. Illustrations are by master landscape painters Albert Bierstadt (for whom a lake in the park is named), Thomas Moran, and others from both the original 1879 work and other sources. 24 little pages.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-023-1. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-023-2. Order #: VIST0023 paper$29.50.

#YOU'RE STANDING ON MY FINGERS. by Lewis.
Mountain climbs and adventures in the ranges of the U.S. and Canada. Photos 268 pages.
ISBN: 0-8310-7076-5. Order #: DARW0389 cloth$8.95.

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THE ASCENT OF MOUNT HAYDEN, GRAND TETON, 1872: a new chapter of Western discovery. by Nathaniel Pitt Langford.
Trials and triumphs of the first party to climb the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, July 29, 1872. Author Langford was among the early explorers of the Yellowstone/Teton region and was first superintendent of Yellowstone National Park. His claim to a first ascent of the Grand Teton has been challenged by later parties, and former park naturalist McCurdy considers the various claims in the editor's preface. But regardless, the account still gives a fine record of what mountain climbing was like in the early days in this region. Reprint from Scribner's Monthly.
Illustrations from Thomas Moran and others, 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-066-5. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-066-9. Order #: VIST0066 paper$3.95.

THE DISCOVERY OF GLACIER BAY--1879 (AK). by John Muir, its discoverer.
Adventures in a truly Alaskan wild with ice floes, bergs, mountain peaks, Natives, canoe travel. Spending several "icy summers" in Alaska, Muir earned the name "Ice Chief", exploring Glacier Bay and its region. It was a fitting continuation to his involvement with glaciers, for he had developed the glacial origin theory for Yosemite Valley, in spite of the fact that there the glaciers were almost entirely gone. Here at Glacier Bay, no imagination was needed to understand the processes. Reprinted from Century Magazine. Engravings of ice and peaks abound in the book. 16 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-045-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-045-4. Order #: VIST0045 paper$3.95.

IN THE HEART OF THE CALIFORNIA ALPS: a near view of the High Sierra in 1872. by John Muir.
Account of the first ascent of Mount Ritter (13,149 feet), October, 1872. This is one of Muir's finest mountain rambles and of this first ascent, a solo one, of this mountain in the Mammoth Lakes country of the eastern Sierra Nevada. Combines natural observations with the adventures and philosophical musings of a nearly fatal climb. Made from a base camp with three artists who were left sketching on the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River late in the season, while Muir ventured into the Minaret country of peaks and ice fields. Later, in 1890, this became a part of the new Yosemite National Park but then became placed in Inyo National Forest, and is now in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. An illustration of Mt. Ritter by one of these artists, William Keith, is included. Drawings by Muir are also included, as well as other period illustrations. Foreword by former Yosemite Chief Park Naturalist William R Jones. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
William Keith (from St Mary's College of California website):
"A 19th-century leading artist and visionary in San Francisco, William Keith (1838-1911) is most known for his impact on preserving and sharing the California landscape through paint and brush. Saint Mary's College Museum of Art cares for the most comprehensive body of work created by this California Master Landscape Painter.
KEITH AND MUIR: Keith arrived at Muir's cabin in Yosemite Valley with a letter of introduction in 1872, and a lifelong friendship quickly developed. The two Scottish immigrants took camping trips together in the High Sierra, saw each other when Muir was in San Francisco and helped inspire each other's work. The idea for the Sierra Club was first formed in Keith's studio during conversations with Muir, Dr. Joseph LeConte, the first president of the University of California, and Warren Olney, a prominent San Francisco attorney. Muir's concern with scientific accuracy reinforced Keith's early training as a wood engraver in encouraging him to reproduce the exact topography and details of a landscape early in his career. Keith had also already expressed a preference by 1870 to "study altogether from Nature," reflecting in part the admonishments of the influential writer John Ruskin."ISBN-10: 0-89646-026-6. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-026-3. Order #: VIST0026 paper$3.95.

MOUNTAINEERING IN THE KINGS RIVER COUNTRY, 1864 (CA). by Clarence King of the California Geological Survey.
This early ascent of Mount Tyndall at the head of King's River (the river is not related to our author) is now classic Western Americana literature. It is mountaineering drama to the extreme, written even when the foothills of the Sierra Nevada were remote enough, let alone peaks at the range crest, such as Tyndall. Clearly showing is the author's love of nature. This writing appeared in several forms before being gathered with others of King's articles in 1872 into Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, a book still in print! In our little volume we include just material dealing with the Kings River country so that visitors to this region, much of it now in Kings Canyon National Park, can focus. King also conducted the U.S. Geological Exploration of the 40th Parallel, an unexplored line through America's interior, and was first director of the U. S. Geological Survey. He has a Sierran peak named for him. Illustrations are added from Picturesque California(1888) and The Yosemite Guidebook(1869). 48 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-042-8. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-042-3. Order #: VIST0042 paper$3.95.

MOUNTAINEERING ON THE PACIFIC IN 1868 (WA). by Edmund T. Coleman.
Based on an account of the ascent of Mount Baker and a description of that portion of Washington Territory seen on its approach. Mountaineering in 1868 was a different experience than nowadays. This ascent began at the seashore and included canoe trip, portages, and a backpack just to reach the base of the peak--all through country still wild with Indians, bears, and wolves. The final assault on the summit included ropes, ice axes, and crampons. Reprinted from Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Illustrated with period engravings. 24 pages. See sample pages, illustrations.
ISBN-10: 0-89646-014-2. ISBN-13: 978-0-89646-014-0. Order #: VIST0014 paper$3.95.

NOTECARDS--Colorado Rockies:
Mount of the Holy Cross--14,0005 feet. by Thomas Moran 1874.
Longs Peak--14,255 feet. by Thomas Moran 1874.
Grays Peak--14,270 feet. 1874.
Pikes Peak--14109 feet. by Thomas Moran, 1874.
Mountain scenery etchings are reproduced from artistic--now historical--engravings published in books from the 1870s, such as VistaBooks has often used in its own reprints. Notecards are 4 1/2" wide by 6" tall when folded, black on cream-colored stock. Insides are blank, providing 2 1/2 pages of writing space. Set includes 8 notecards (2 scenes each of the 4 shown) with 8 matching envelopes in a resealable plastic bag.
Inventory = out of stock but with interest could be made available. ISBN-10: 0-89646-091-6. Order #: VIST0091 notecards$9.95. See more...

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APPALACHIA: winter 1984-1985. by Appalachian Mountain Club.
This is a volume of America's oldest journal of mountaineering and conservation. It is identified as "New Series/Volume XLV winter 1984-1985/number 2; magazine number 179". Includes articles on "The Magic of Asia", "Scotland", hiking the John Muir Trail of the California Sierra and Death Valley plus Quebec canoe trip on the Mistasibbi. Also includes indices of the journal for volumes XL through XLIII (1974-1979). Photographs, 180 pages. Cover is of ruins of Tibetan monastery.
ISBN: None, 1984-85. Order #: APMC2394 paper$

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