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The cover of the Rainbow Canyon guide book, from the online seller's web page.

Michelle Locatelli

Rainbow Canyon, a climbing guide, published by Michelle Locatelli, one of the area's route developers.

She shared this about the canyon and guide: "All the routes are named and each has a great story to go with its first ascent. We put much sweat and money into the project, hoping to create a peaceful area for locals. So we resisted putting out a guide book. The area was also a sensitive riparian corridor before the big flood and we thought it best to keep it low key. We have had problems with plagiarism (some just trying to make a buck), false info and taking of credit where it wasn't due by some visitors to the cliffs. So at long last we have decided to put together a correct guide for Rainbow. The area is very special; a great mixture of cracks and chimneys, superb technical face climbing and awesome aretes. Please enjoy the routes, keep the place clean and spend some money in nearby Caliente while you're there."

The first edition of the guide is from 2008. A second edition was planned as of 2015. The original website is offline now.

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