{"product_id":"climber-s-guide-to-the-cascade-and-olympic-mountains-of-washington-by-fred-beckey-1961-copy","title":"Climber’s Guide to the Cascade and Olympic Mountains of Washington by Fred Beckey (1949)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of the famous “Beckey Bible.” This was the first-ever guidebook published describing the alpine climbing in Washington state. It was eventually updated throughout the years into \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4uOhz8U\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethe exhaustive, three-volume edition\u003c\/a\u003e which remains in point today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eThis was an iconic book for early Washington mountaineers, both this green first edition and the updated red second edition. To learn a little more of the context and importance behind this book, I'll direct you to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/theoldbackpacker.com\/f\/beckeys-bible\"\u003ethe Old Backpacker blog\u003c\/a\u003e, a guy who sold me one of these. He speaks with great affection of the book, saying the routes included helped develop the aspirations and dreams of the day's climbers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover without dust jacket, handsome appearance. 271 pages, with index, selected bibliography, a good number of hand-drawn maps and fold-out map still glued into back cover. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e~1 inch of water damage at bottom of first dozen or so pages containing eight photographic plates, no smell, rest of book is clean and tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'll throw in a piton signed by Fred Beckey and Conrad Anker to sweeten the deal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dirtbag Dan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44917517123720,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0688\/6765\/3768\/files\/FD4A30C5-9348-4492-B29D-25D7F7DFE5C9.jpg?v=1774310968","url":"https:\/\/dirtbagdan.com\/products\/climber-s-guide-to-the-cascade-and-olympic-mountains-of-washington-by-fred-beckey-1961-copy","provider":"Dirtbag Dan Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}