The Climbing Guide to the Santa Monica Mountains

The Santa Monica Mountains Natioanl Recreation Area offers fabulous resources for the Southern Californian. In this fantastic Mediterranean climate one can explore beaches and canyons less than an hour from Los Angeles. This lavishly illustrated book covers the well known cragging area of Malibu Canyon along with new discoveries like Echo Cliffs, Boney Bluff and Black Flower as well as Conejo Mountain and Tck Rock. The local activist author has spent years developing, climbing and researching this area. Includes routes rated from Class 5 to 14b.

The lives of two different couples--wealthy Los Angeles liberals Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher, and Candido and America Rincon, a pair of Mexican illegals--suddenly collide, in a story that unfolds from the shifting viewpoints of the various characters.

Coverage of climbing routes and bouldering problems from Echo Cliffs to Owl Tor

Wonderful routes, both classic and new, are described with maps, written descriptions, topos, and photos.