I'm Done/Let it Snow

[JC w KC redux]

Early season overnight trips on the south facing stuff could be amazing!

That effectively could cut Pinns season by a couple months

Damn brudda - you just got back in the Pinns and you're already talking about cutting the season short!
I get it - that granite is sweet!
Don't worry - I'll take up the slack for ya!!

[mungeclimber]

Don't worry - I'll take up the slack for ya!!

good man!

[Brad Young]

Three things would make early season trips up from Pinecrest extremely difficult:

One is the sheer distance combined with short days.

The second would be some of the terrain heading up-river. Although there is a very good trail to Cleo's Bath, from there there are places where one has to do class four, or go way up into brush and trees to get around steep cliffs and drop-offs.

Third, and of most concern: the river becomes a raging torrent as the season gets wetter. This is actually of scary proportions in the spring, as the melt-off starts, but even now, high water from these storms would make the whole hike noticeably harder.

Still, I'd be happy to spend a day doing the hike without a lot of weight (or at least trying it) if you've got a non-Pinnacles weekend day free. There is also some rock of interest above Cleo's, but it's not good enough for me to hike up that far with gear to climb it.

[Brad Young]

We added 37 pages today (!!!), which brings the book up to 474 pages. After about 15 more pages, the guide portion of the book will be done. Then we start adding introductory materials and appendices and the like. One more good work session and we'll be down to reviewing it for errors and typos.

[JC w KC redux]

We added 37 pages today (!!!), which brings the book up to 474 pages. After about 15 more pages, the guide portion of the book will be done. Then we start adding introductory materials and appendices and the like. One more good work session and we'll be down to reviewing it for errors and typos.

that's great news! i can feel your enthusiasm!!

[mungeclimber]

relieved is what I heard on the phone.

[Brad Young]

The "guide" portion of the book is done as of 20 seconds ago. That part is 488 pages.

I may have a beer tonight. Maybe two.

[squiddo]

Whoa whoa whoa Brad, 2 beers? Don't go crazy now;-)

[JC w KC redux]

The "guide" portion of the book is done as of 20 seconds ago. That part is 488 pages.

I may have a beer tonight. Maybe two.

I think that calls for something harder - maybe a boilermaker?

Cheers!

[Brad Young]

I think that calls for something harder - maybe a boilermaker?

Cheers!

One beer makes me pretty buzzed. A boilermaker? You gotta be kidding; I'll be comatose.

[JC w KC redux]

One beer makes me pretty buzzed. A boilermaker? You gotta be kidding; I'll be comatose.

Hot sake is nice on a winter night

[Brad Young]

I just finished one IPA. I'm done.

[mungeclimber]

Lol

[mynameismud]

Baileys

[Brad Young]

Steve and I finished assembling the introductory materials yesterday. Among other things, these include an 11 (!) page history.

There remains to be done some proofing, the table of contents and the few tidbits that come before it, and the appendices and index. Oh, and then we have to have it printed. I've got two very good companies lined up to do the printing once we're ready to take that step.

[Brad Young]

Moe editing this weekend, although we're really getting down to it.

I've now finished the texts that come before the table of contents. This is from the preface (I think Rob will enjoy it):


   "Creating this guidebook has been a long, long labor of love.  Its release culminates the intense efforts of more than a dozen Sonora Pass climbing fanatics and the help of many, many others who climb here less frequently.

   Huge thanks are due to the following fanatics; each of these climbers spent days and days, season after season, developing routes here, documenting those routes and helping the authors track the efforts of other climbers: ..."

[Brad Young]

Now we're down to:

1. Cross checking the FA Appendix (page by page, route by route, just like I did with the Routes by Rating Appendix and the Index);

2. Inputting about 15 edits in the text;

3. Inputting corrections to the Index;

4. Inserting the photo(s) and text into the dedication page;

5. Finishing the front cover.

Then it goes to the printer. Given my and Steve's schedules, I think it will go to the printer about mid-March. Their current printing schedule is such that it looks like it will take four to six weeks from receipt of the print-ready document until they ship 3,500 books to my garage. What's that, end of April or so?

While we're waiting, I have Jerry's permission to post here the front cover photo he took of Tonya Nilsson leading Cassiopeia on the First Buttress at Chipmunk Flat (5.10b, three out of three stars). This will be a "full bleed" cover, that is, the photo will go from the edge of the book to the edge of the book.

[mungeclimber]

I'm in that pic too!... well, maybe, deep in the forest on the south side of the creek.





hey, take this 'mountain' 'granite' stuff over to that other site. This site is for mud n crud, and clearly that cover shot is neither!

[Brad Young]

After several very vigorous sessions of editing with Steve and Tonya over the last two weeks, I printed the book again today. I just spent nearly two hours reviewing all of our recent edits and generally looking each page over for anomalies.

I found a single period that was out of place (1). I can't conceive of a smaller "error." I'm half tempted to leave it in so we can get to hear all the bitter complaints that will result.

Tonya and I will continue to look it over while we are in Joshua Tree during the next week.

The cover is done and it is gorgeous. I tried to get Steve to post it here, but he's not got much extra time right now.

Although it's later than I'd hoped, it'll go to the printer during the first week of April.

And then...

















I'm out of the guidebook making business FOREVER!!

[squiddo]

Nice- cant wait to repeat many of these