Blunders in the First Printing of
The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails
Second Edition
(notes by R.J. Secor) 


p. 19, middle right column: The address for the California Snow page is
http://cdec.water.ca.gov/snow/index.html.  

p. 29, top of left column, change to read: "Please note that when two
elevations are given, the new and then the old elevations are listed,
not the English/metric equivalents."  

p. 29, upper left column: UTM should read 848493. 

p. 40, right column: Whitney-Russell Pass is at UTM 848493.

p. 69, left column, Crooks Peak: should read: "Hulda Crooks."  

p. 72, lower right column should read: "Escape Route: If a party backs
off from the East Face route, it can probably escape by reversing the
Tower Traverse."  No parentheses.

p. 82, right column, Long Twisting Rib, should read: "Pass the tower on
its right side."

p. 116, right column: location should read "0.7 mi SW of Table
Mountain."

p. 131, right column: North Guard is 4062 m.  

p. 133, right column: Mount Ericsson is 4140m+

p. 135, left column: Ericsson Crag No. 2 is at UTM 735626.  

p. 139, lower left column: Peak 4200m+ is 0.8 mi SE of Mt. Stanford; UTM
765621.  

p. 171, lower right column: Tom Ross made the first winter ascent of
Striped Mtn. in the late 1960s.  

p. 200: East Face route line added to photograph.  

p. 201, right column, East Face route, change to read: "The route goes
up 100 feet on the face left of the chimney to a ledge that leads left
to the southeast buttress. Climb the southeast buttress to another ledge
that leads left to the face above the chimney of the south face route.
Climb straight up, class 3 to 5.6, followed by more class 3 to the
summit."

p. 229, left column: Change "Doug" to "Gerry."  

p. 248, left column: The North Couloir is class 4.  

p. 248, right column: The steep class 3 face is in reality an easy class
4 face.  

p. 249, left column, change to read: "Traverse to the right from the
notch, across a class 4 face." 

p. 249, right column: Southwest Chute No. 1 is class 4.  

p. 271, lower right column, should read Peak 13,041.  

p. 282, left column, Armless Fun, change to read: "Then go up and left
for three pitches of 5.9, starting with loose rock, poor protection, and
tricky route finding." 

p. 287, left column, West Shoulder, change to read: "Turn northeast
heading toward Mt. Haeckel and climb the third chute from the left;"

p. 287, left column, Northwest Arete of Haeckel, change to read: "Climb
the second chute from the left when approaching the notch from the
southwest via lakes 11,808 ft and 12,021 ft (11,822 ft and 12,021 ft).  

p. 290, left column, the jam crack on the south side of the summit block
is 5.8.  

p. 291, left column: should read Peak 13,332 ft.  

p. 295, top left column: "jut" should be "just."  

p. 297, right column: Peak 13,404 ft is 0.8 mi NW of Mt. Lamarck.  

p. 316, right column: Seven Gables is 13,160 ft+.  

p. 317: New photo of Seven Gables and Peak 12,640 ft+ added.  

pp. 317-318: Roper's 1970 East Face route is on Seven Gables.  The
Direct East Face and East Face, Chimney Route are on Peak 12,640 ft+
(12,560 ft+; 0.5 mi N of Seven Gables).  

p. 320, top left column: "abrubtly" should be "abruptly."  

p. 328, caption should read: "Mount Abbot and Mount Mills from the
northeast, September 2, 1965.  (Photo by Austin Post, No. 655-191, USGS
Ice and Climate Project, GeoData Center, University of Alaska,
Fairbanks.)"  

p. 365, left column: Eichorn Minaret is 3720m+.  

p. 371: Ritter-Banner Saddle corrected on photo.  

p. 372, left column: the East Corner is III, 5.7.  

p. 373, Northeast Buttress, change to read: "Either walk onto the
shoulder from the north or climb two class 4 pitches from the east."  

pp. 389-390: the first winter ascent of the Northwest Arete was March
20, 1974 by Les Wilson, Beverly Wilson, and Walt Vennum.  

p. 394, caption should be: "Mount Lyell and Mount Maclure from the
northeast, September 2, 1965.  (Photo by Austin Post, No. F655-185, USGS
Ice and Climate Project, GeoData Center, University of Alaska,
Fairbanks.)"

p. 400, lower left column: Southeast Face of Columbia Finger is rated
II, 5.8; first free ascent May 22, 1974 by Rick Boyce, Brian Cox, Jane
Matthews, and Walt Vennum.  

p. 423: Remove route line from photo for Way Up North.  The route is in
reality on the far left side of the northeast face.  The line will be
added in the third edition. 

p. 442, right column, The Turret: should read "Regge Pole."

p. 443, left column: should read "Regge Pole."

p. 452: Delete "*" in Crowley Lake Drive. 

p. 452: East Fork Kaweah River, 92. 

p. 453: Graveyard Lakes, 337; Graveyard Meadows, 337.  

p. 453: Grizzly Creek, 175. 

p. 456: Margaret Lake, 262. 

p. 457: Delete "*" in Old Mammoth Road. 

p. 458: Peak 12,400+ (12,415; Mt. Powell), 280.

p. 458: add Peak 12,640+ (12,560+; Seven Gables), 317 OR 318.  

p. 459: Peak 3738 (12,400; Pyramid Peak), 169. 

p. 459: Peak 4180 (13,680+; Mt. Barnard), 80-81.

p. 460: Regge Pole

p. 461: Tamarack Creek, 413.