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California's 14,000-foot peaks are altogether different from those in Colorado or Washington. In most cases they are steep, sheer-walled spires found in remote, pristine wilderness areas.
Porcella and Burns have spent years climbing many of the listed routes and have extensively researched all others to create the only route guide that includes several options for each fourteener. Each mountain description includes access, history, and details such as difficulty ratings and gear recommendations. Specific route descriptions, ranging from the easiest to highly technical, are illustrated with photos with route overlays. An informative introduction includes permit information, search and rescue resources, and a discussion of wilderness ethics.
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Barbars Spittle
reviewed Climbing California's Fourteeners: 183 Routes to the Fifteen Highest Peaks on March 28, 2020 Climbing California's Fourteeners
This volume, unlike FOTH, is unburdened and littered with a lot of personal opinion...but that's what makes it valuable.
It's a realistic and modern view of mountaineering. Connaly's writing style is annoying and his attitude is often bothersome, but it's still a good book for some theory that's put in more life-like situations.
Another important thing to note about this book is that it's written for a very specific kind of mountaineering -- namely walking up a mountain. Don't expect a lot of information that will apply to technical alpinists, but it does cover what happens the majority of the time spent on a mountain -- walking, snow travel, and glacier travel.
There are some good, practical applications of old theories in the book. But take them with a grain of salt. Some of his opinions are just that, and in one case he even uses seemingly false information to back it up.
(If you must know, he's a big proponent of bowlines over figure eights -- so much that he advises their uses almost exclusively over the latter. He claims a bowline is easier to inspect and is a stronger knot. I have heard the opposite of this from virtually every other source I've come across. Sure, a bowline isn't susceptible to ring loading, but appropriate use of figure eights won't be situations where ring loading can occur. And in straight pull-strength, figure eight wins.)
...I'm editing because I didn't want to end this in a bad note. I definitely recommend the book.
Connally is good about suggesting realistic situations where Technique/Equipment A is better over option B, and I really like that. Books like FOTH just give you the information but rarely give it contextual to practical application.
It also has a lot of good techniques that other texts just completely fail to review, despite their frequent application in the mountains. A great example: how to clove hitch a carabiner that's already clipped. That is some shit you should definitely know, but I guess most books leave you to figure it out on your own.
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