Big Wall Tech Manual by Middendorf & McMullen (1988) Ireland

Big Wall Tech Manual by Middendorf & McMullen (1988) IrelandVery cool instructional pamphlet from John Middendorf, with illustrations from John McMullen. Published by A5 Adventures the back cover is set up as a mailing envelope, where the recipient's address would just be pasted on there, the edges would be taped, and off it would go. Marketing before the internet, eh? This is a unique piece from some serious big wall badasses. Although it may not have the weight and comprehensiveness of Pete Zabrok's Hooking

And the Garden of the Gods

the book is split into two parts

Maurizio Oviglia Explores Sardinia

Summer 1990

signed and inscribed by Tom Hornbein to Steve Komito: "To Steve Komito

dust jacket protected in vinyl

95) and still the most-current guidebook available for this region

This handsomely-produced and well-researched book describes the history of Antarctic climbing and exploration

Contains a lot of useful drawings and cartoons

although dust jacket has a noticeable crease

colonial history

This one works ok for the well-known routes