and the Cabinet Wilderness
Thaddeus Laird
Non-fiction
224 pages, with 108 illustrations, 6 technical route topo maps, 62 photographic route overlays, 2 appendixes, 2 indexes
softcover
Climber and writer Thaddeus Laird has rendered his years exploring the region's rock crags and alpine peaks into the region?s most comprehensive climbing guide yet. Canvassing both popular and little-known climbing areas, climbing scores of named and unnamed routes and snapping scores of photographs, Laird also collected data from Spokane veteran climber John Roskelley, and the unflappable Randall Green, author of the original ?Idaho Rock.? The result is a smart, up-to-date guide to the region?s top climbs with more than 100 illustrations and maps, and detailed route descriptions for 13 different climbing sites.
Divided into three main sections, Climber's Guide to North Idaho and the Cabinet Wilderness covers climbs in the granite crags of Post Falls and Laclede, the rocky backbone of the Selkirk Crest and the stunning high country of the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness Area. This comprehensive guidebook includes:
- 13 different climbing sites identified
- 254 separate climbing routes described
- 62 photographic route overlays
- 6 technical route topo maps
- A bonus section offers up a smattering of "Honorable Mentions" found on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, the rugged landscape around Priest Lake and points in between.
- 108 illustrations total, 2 appendixes and 2 indexes
An inveterate traveler and mountaineer, Thaddeus Laird is a freelance author and copywriter who has been published in several outdoor magazines, on MountainZone.com and a travel anthology titled "The Best Travel Writing of 2007." Laird lived in Sandpoint, Idaho for four years but currently lives in Bend, Oregon.
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