For No Good Reason by Lito Tejada-Flores (2017) Carderock

For No Good Reason by Lito Tejada-Flores (2017) CarderockLito Tejada Flores is one of those names which is not too famous these days, but will keep coming up again and again in connection with the guys who ARE well known. He was around for much of the Yosemite golden age, climbing alongside people like Royal Robbins, Steve Roper, and Yvon Chouinard. He also co founded both Ascent magazine and the Telluride Mountainfilm festival, so he's no stranger to climbing media. This slim little book features creative

Large coffee-table format first-edition copies of Everest: The West Ridge

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Original Neptune Mountaineering price tag ($25

sure to be relatable for anyone who has sampled the pleasures of this wonderful climbing area

Komito's nickname in Camp 4 was "The Frog"

and thanks for caring for so many of my Hornbein's(

Supertopo guidebook to free climbs in Yosemite Valley (no aid climbs

Signed by Messner on the half-title page

while accidents in North American

as well as his self-amputation of his right arm when he got trapped in a Utah slot canyon

This book covers Alex's early career climbing and most of his big solos prior to his climb of Freerider on El Capitan

Price is high because I'm perfectly happy keeping this for my own library