Austin Climbing Sport Routes - Deep Water Solos

Austin Climbing Sport Routes - Deep Water Solos by John Hogge. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780985030001.

This latest (2012) guidebook for Austin, Texas rock climbing covers 584 sport routes and an awesome 800-problem Deep Water Solo (DWS) park. This limestone is powerful and interesting, at all angles. ________________________ Austin has convenient, year-round climbing. The drives and approaches are short, routes aren’t spread far apart, and each area has grades for everyone. Austins restaurants, music and nightlife make for great evenings. ________________________ The climbing is on river cliffs and lake cliffs in the Texas Hill Country. The routes overlook waterways shaded with Cypress and Live Oak trees. Camp on 1,000 acres, or get a room near the fun on 6th Street, the Live Music Capital of the Worlds tamer version of Bourbon Street. Time your trip with SXSW Music (or Film) Festival, Formula One racing, or Austin City Limits for extra fun after climbing. ________________________North American climbers get teased with endless videos of DWS overseas, but we have few locations in the U.S. You owe it to yourself to ditch the gear and try what all the magazines love to cover. This guidebook shows where to climb, and how best to get in, at each water level. ________________________ This is one of the best single-pitch guidebooks ever crafted, with full-color topo photos showing bolt locations and route descriptions that focus on landmarks. People never get lost. Each route’s style is described using a rich set of icons, including how steep it is and whether a stick-clip is recommended. ________________________ This book has many amusing tales of past and current climbers and quotes by local and internationally-known climbers.