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First Ascent Press

Founded:

Fall 2003

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Website:	http://www.firstascentpress.com
Company Overview:	First Ascent Press is a publisher of visually appealing, accurate and historically relevant guide books including climbing books, XC ski guides and field guides for National Park visitors.
Mission:	Our works depict non-motorized outdoor activities and non-fiction experiences with a sense of community, place and environmental awareness. Expanding our understanding and conservation of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and elsewhere is important not only to the sustainability of our environment and wildlife but to the life and viability of First Ascent Press. As authors and publishers of guidebooks and interpretive information, we burden the responsibility to promote practical, respectful and non-partisan approaches to how we value, use, and treat the landscape around us.
Products:	See the web site for current titles in print. COMING SOON: Cowboy Rock Volume 2 : Cirque of the Towers & Deep Lake by Steve Bechtel. May 1, 2008 Cowboy Rock Volume 3 : Big Horn Rock by Trevor Bowman. Spring 2008 Cowboy Rock Volume 4 : Teton Rock Climbs by Aaron Gams. Summer 2008. UPCOMING PROJECTS: Big Sky Rock Volume 4 : Missoula Rock Climbing Guide by the Bitterroot Climbers Coalition. Fall 2008 Big Sky Rock Volume 5 : Montana Bouldering by Molly Kohler. Fall 2008 Greater Yellowstone Ski Trails Volume 2 : Yellowstone National Park, West and Island Park by Melynda Harrison. Winter 2008 High Point Maps Volume 2 : Gannett Peak, Wyoming's highest peak. Summer 2008 LONGER RANGE WORKS IN PROGRESS: Climbing for Couples by David Dornian & Franki Flowers. Pending approval by the CIA (seriously). Stay tuned... Fall 2008 or 2009. Mount Logan. A Historical Guide to Canada's Greatest Peak by Joe Josephson. Hopefully 2009. Todd Skinner. A Tribute Book (yet to be titled). Co-Published with the Todd Skinner Foundation. Winter 2009. Waterfall Ice and Mixed Climbs of the Canadian Rockies. by Joe Josephson and Sean Issac. Winter 2009.

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First Ascent Press wrote at 1:59pm on May 1st, 2008

Help save Lost Horse Canyon. Visit the web site for more information.

Greg wrote at 11:07pm on April 18th, 2008

Joe,
I have a Todd Skinner story complete with a few photos if your upcoming book in 2009 incorporates that sorta thing, nothing bigtime, just shows what a nice guy the was.
-greg

First Ascent Press wrote at 1:48pm on April 18th, 2008

"Cirque of the Towers & Deep Lake. A Select Guide to the Wind Rivers' Best Rockclimbing" by Steve Bechtel will be available for delivery April 25, 2008. Visit the web site now and order your copy for delivery the day it arrives! Time to start planning your summer climbing trips! www.firstascentpress.com

Rob wrote at 7:55am on April 14th, 2008

I read the Dick Dorworth book "Night Driving" this past winter, I found this tome to be a bit awkward to just sit and read, rather I picked away at the prose leaping from one locale to the next.

Some of this matter is a bit drug-addled, much of it is positively amusing, some is genuinely insightful.

"Even a third-rate participant knows more than the best observer..."

(True enough.)

Or, regarding churches/temples as "... manifestations of man's ancient tradition of inhumanity, to man, in architectural form."

I eventually got through all of this, some of it I read twice which is saying something.

A good read, particularly if you are old enough to be nostalgic for the '70s mountain/ski/climbing culture.

Made me want to write my own book.