New Rumney Guidebook 3rd Edition ETA?
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Heard rumors around the fire that the currently-out-of-print 1st & 2nd ed are going for ridiculous numbers online... So I took a look tonight to see what the damage was if you tried to get one and was all like =O |
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I've heard on neclimbs that it will be next year some time. The common cafe had them for awhile but haven't looked lately. My buddy picked a 2nd edition up basically brand new at his local library for .50 cents! Sold it for a ridiculous price! |
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Jcomeau wrote:uhhhhhhh You should be able to go into the store and buy one.......... Came out in 2009.uhhh I should be able to.. But I don't need to as stated I have one; and for people that do - they find out it's sold out at retailers both in store and online for the advertised price. This post is just an inquisition to anyone that might have more info.... Mark NH wrote:I've heard on neclimbs that it will be next year some time. The common cafe had them for awhile but haven't looked lately. My buddy picked a 2nd edition up basically brand new at his local library for .50 cents! Sold it for a ridiculous price!Thanks for the info. They Common Cafe's been sold out since the beginning of the season... I've been waiting for breakfast there a couple mornings and they get phone calls asking if they have the book - quite frequently it seems. Also - gem find for your friend. How'd he get that price was the lib closing out? That's an awesome pick up! |
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This is getting kinda nuts, cheapest price I can find anywhere is 100... |
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These nutty prices are for the first edition right? |
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Max, shoot me a message if you're trying to track down a copy. |
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Let's hope for Ward's sake he kept a case of the first ones to sell on Ebay 15 years later! I have to remember to do that if I ever write a guidebook. |
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Saw plenty of 2nd Edition @ EMS last week. |
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Keeps it entertaining at the crag, Ming. Might be able to get some from the hill across the valley with a good lens on a clear cold late fall day. Jeff's is the best crag overview photo so far of the Main Cliff(with a few small topo errors), but the smaller crags are pretty hidden to show the whole cliff. |
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Those prices on Amazon.com are usually the result of bots that monitor prices/availability and automatically adjust their market prices. You'll see prices inflate in crazy ways when all the bots get into a 'feedback loop' of sorts, adjusting off each other when there aren't any other sellers. |
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For me, well done drawings are clear enough. With photos, you need to add the lines of the routes anyways. |
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She'll be old enough to help him with the drawings pretty soon, S. ;) |
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I picked up a Ward Smith guide at New England Backpacker in Worcester, MA for list price a couple months ago. They had another copy as well. Nice folks and they will reserve it for you if you ask. I also scored a Cannon guide from them (John Sykes, also out of print) before that. |
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I have a few new copies of the Ward Smith guide book if anyone is interested. |
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Maybe the rest of the Summit will be developed by the time the 3rd edition comes out. The approach from the North West Territories has really been improved over the last couple of years and with the addition of California Chrome and the routes at The Very Nice Crag, the Summit should start to come into the lime light. I mean... look at it! It's soooo big and it's for the most part ignored! Karmic Realignment is calling. :P |
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Selling a new copy of Ward's Rumney guide on Ebay (currently at a reasonable $28!): |
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Joe M. wrote:Selling a new copy of Ward's Rumney guide on Ebay (currently at a reasonable $28!): Rumney Guide by Ward Smith 2009Will you take $400 for it? |
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Really need to get $450... |
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Dammit... okay $400 and a litter of kittens? And I'll throw in a snake just in case you don't like kittens (ie snake food). |
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Maybe I can make millions on a viral video of the snake eating the catz???? |
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I called EMS and they were able to ship me the guidebook for $30 with free shipping. A couple stores told me they didn't have it so I had them search their system and they found one at a store in CT. |