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guide topo for city of rock

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Odile peloquin · · Ny · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 0

hy!
where its possible to buy a guide for city of rock or for the area?
and what guide topo its the best?

S.Lee · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 30

Dave Bingham has a nice guide available. Its available from amazon:

amazon.com/City-Rocks-Idaho…

Or you could buy it from the reserves office in Almo, just outside the city itself. There are other guides but I have no experience with them.

Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
amazon.com/City-Rocks-Idaho…

Don't get the Falcon/Calderone guide.
Wilburn · · Boise, ID · Joined Jul 2011 · Points: 386

Rock City pizza in Almo should also have a copy of the guidebook.

zoso · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jun 2007 · Points: 790
Marc801 wrote:Don't get the Falcon/Calderone guide.
BAD IDEA.

  • **Edit: whoops, didn't notice the "Don't". So GOOD IDEA.
Marc801 C · · Sandy, Utah · Joined Feb 2014 · Points: 65
zoso wrote: BAD IDEA.
Hmmm....
Somehow the rest of that sentence didn't make it into the post. There was supposed to be "alone" at the end. Let me try that again and really flesh it out:

Don't get the Falcon/Calderone guide alone without also getting the Bingham guide to help resolve discrepancies. Each one has it's strong points.
Boissal . · · Small Lake, UT · Joined Aug 2006 · Points: 1,541
Marc801 wrote:Each one has it's strong points.
One is accurate and descriptive. The other is a great fiction book...
Garret Nuzzo Jones · · Salt Lake City, UT · Joined Feb 2012 · Points: 1,436
Boissal wrote: One is accurate and descriptive. The other is a great fiction book...
But what if I want to climb nothing but unrepeated boltless 5.12d R/X slab routes?
Odile peloquin · · Ny · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 0

Ok. I have. 2 guides. :

Dave Bibgham. 2009
And falcon rock classic ( very small guide)
City of rock. Laird Davis 1997
Not recent guide?
Montain project offert a good alternative to
Thank you. For information;)

S.Lee · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Feb 2013 · Points: 30

Dave had also mentioned in an earlier thread that he had planned to release a new edition this spring, though I haven't heard anything else on the matter.

peter heekin · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Aug 2010 · Points: 141

The Bingham guide is the one to get. Tony "called it wrong" Calderone has lifted all his info from Dave, the man responsible for most of the city classics. He also seems to be trying to rewrite history by making himself out to be a major player in the COR. He's not.

Dave Bingham · · Hailey, ID · Joined Feb 2007 · Points: 72

Yes, new "modernized" City guide is (still)in the works. Thank you for your patience. Cheers.

Odile peloquin · · Ny · Joined Oct 2014 · Points: 0

thank you for your answer!;)

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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