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by racnid 1427 days ago
I like Mountain Project sitting at my desk but physical guidebooks lend themselves well to the half hiking involved in most climbing expeditions (despite the weight of a physical book). There's just something about being able to tick off routes and hold the book upside down to orient yourself that I don't think translates well to an app still. The book writers seem to put more effort into good maps and diagrams too.

They're fascinating, for a good utilitarian example check out The Dixie Caggers Atlas by Chris Watford. For pure art Southern Nevada Bouldering is just beautiful. I'm sure others may have some good recommendations.

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Aaron Huey's Ten Sleep Canyon guidebooks are a lot of fun. I have an older version - Lies and Propaganda from Ten Sleep Canyon - that was invaluable when I was climbing there but is likely now hopelessly out of date.