Listen to Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die: Rock Climbing Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations by Chris Santella

Book Description

The author of the bestselling Fifty Places series returns with a globe-trotting guide to the best and most beautiful places to rock climb around the world   Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die is a beautifully illustrated guide to some of the greatest rock-climbing locations around the world, as recommended by expert climbers. The book will cover three types of climbing—trad, sport, and bouldering—and will showcase breathtaking venues from Joshua Tree to Jeju, South Korea. Featuring insights from industry insiders, including employees from rock-climbing gear companies like Petzl and Black Diamond Equipment, professional climbers like Jon Cardwell and Kevin Jorgeson (co-star of Dawn Wall), filmmaker Michael Call, and Climbing magazine editor Matt Samet, Fifty Places to Rock Climb Before You Die is the essential travel companion for climbers of all levels of expertise.FEATURED LOCATIONSUnited StatesHorse Pens 40, AlabamaCochise Stronghold, ArizonaBishop, CaliforniaJoshua Tree National Park, CaliforniaYosemite National Park, CaliforniaBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, ColoradoRifle, ColoradoCity of Rocks, IdahoElephant's Perch, IdahoArco, ItalyRed River Gorge, KentuckyAcadia National Park, MaineBaxter State Park, MaineRed Rock, NevadaNorth Conway, New HampshireThe Shawangunks, New YorkWichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, OklahomaSmith Rock, OregonHueco Tanks State Park, TexasMaple Canyon, UtahMoab, UtahZion National Park, UtahNorth Cascades, WashingtonNew River Gorge, West VirginiaSeneca Rocks, West VirginiaDevil's Lake, WisconsinDevils Tower, WyomingGrand Teton National Park, Wyoming CanadaBow Valley, AlbertaThe Bugaboos, British ColumbiaSquamish, British ColumbiaLion's Head, OntarioInternationalFrey, ArgentinaMount Arapiles, AustraliaInnsbruck, AustriaLiming, ChinaLake District National Park, EnglandChamonix, FranceFontainebleau, FranceFrankenjura, GermanyKalymnos, GreeceCastle Hill, New ZealandEl Potrero Chico, MexicoBled, SloveniaRocklands, South AfricaGyeonggi-do/Jeju, South KoreaIbiza, SpainMallorca, SpainRätikon, SwitzerlandRailay Beach, Thailand