Charting the evolution of alpine climbing throughout North America, "Ways to the Sky: A Historical Guide to North American Mountaineering" recently won two prestigious publishing awards. It was selected as the history/biography category winner at the 2004 National Outdoor Book Awards and given the James Monroe Thorington Award for the Best Work in Mountaineering History at the 2004 Banff Mountain Book Festival.
Features:
- Written by Andy Selters, the book traces alpine climbing in the United States, Canada and Mexico, from unrecorded ascents by native people centuries ago to the cutting-edge climbs of today, combining historical narrative with hundreds of photographs
- Published in May 2004 by the American Alpine Club Press, in partnership with the Alpine Club of Canada, the 352-page book has 365 photographs (28 of which contain route overlays) and 47 featured climbing routes, as well as maps and illustrations
