Recommended Climbing Routes in the Needles of Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota by John Page (1999) Alaska

Recommended Climbing Routes in the Needles of Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota by John Page (1999) AlaskaQuite the title, huh? Pink pamphlet style guide to climbing in the Black Hills Needles (one of the hardest places in the USA to find guidebooks for). This copy in fair condition, with serious sun fading to spine and marks on front. Interior reading pages good. 24 pages, black and white, some maps and a photo or two.

Anthology edited by Steve Roper

was never completed

Although later guidebooks for sub-regions have come along

Contains a fold-out panorama photo bound into the middle of the guide

The format features a crag photograph with the routes labeled on one page

I expect it will only be of interest to hardcore Teton history nerds

A number of the routes described here are in quarries which have since been filled in - so if you try and plan a climbing trip using this book

The Minarets

not sure why

Mike Lewis (pictured on front and back cover)

with a supple

mix of color and black and white