I finished the last two topos and the last of the text today: in short I am now done with all of the field research that I need to do for the Climber's Guide to the Sonora Pass Highway, Second Edition. Stated another way, if it snowed ten feet right now I'd be in excellent shape to finish the book. Until things close down I'll be tracking people's end-of-season new routes (preferably finishing ongoing projects - I'm not likely to go research completely new stuff at this point). I've also got between five and 12 FAs of my own I want to get to.
It's been intense - six summers now in a row during which over 90% of my climbing each summer has been on this pass and for this book.
And here's the single best result of all this climbing: I've had the privilege of climbing at least some with virtually every climber who's done any climbing up here. The second best result is that, having nearly finished our second guidebook together (over 800 pages of guidebook assembly together), Dawson is again an even better friend than when we started.
The book is already assembled up just past 400 pages. Our goal is to have it to the printer by the end of January.
