SierraDescents | Category | Books
July 7, 2015
Enlightenment vs. The Marionette

If you suspect the world is racing toward Hell in a Handbasket in some vague but fundamentally new way, Joseph Heath agrees with you, and he has a remarkably coherent explanation (more)
June 20, 2014
Fixing Your Feet

If your chosen sport has anything in any way to do with your feet, I say John Vonhof's Fixing Your Feet is a must-have. This massive 350-page book details the prevention, coping, (more)
November 29, 2012
Death Valley In ’49

Does anyone read books anymore? This is not a rhetorical question—my books section is basically a ghost town nowadays. Still, for those of you who like to hold a bound (more)
May 29, 2009
Born To Run

Christopher McDougall's Born to Run arrived on my desk with impeccable timing. I'd just finished a mammoth 19-hour climb and ski of California's Mount Tyndall, and while nursing (more)
February 4, 2009
Mingori-Greenberg: “Backcountry Skiing”

Mammoth Lakes climber/photographer Dan Mingori and Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center co-founder Nate Greenberg have released a new backcountry skiing guidebook, Backcountry Skiing (more)
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