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Favorite Climbing Books
In my cycling library, two books are well worn, much more so than all others. These two are the climbing bibles from John Summerson:
The first one contains 100 climbs from all over the US and was my go-to resource for quite a while. For me, the list of climbs was, if nothing else, a great motivator. I quickly started treating it as a bucket list, trying to knock off as many climbs as I could.
This was eventually followed by the California edition, which became my go-to for CA climbs. It is the same format as the first one, but with better overall coverage of CA. Whenever I am considering a new climb, it is always the first book that I reach for.
John Summerson also has a few other region specific books out:
While I don’t have personal experience with either, I’m guessing they are also quite good, based on the quality of the US and California editions.
- Glendora Mountain Rd, Glendora Ridge Rd & Mt Baldy Rd (to the Ski Lifts!)
- CA-39 (aka Hwy 39 or San Gabriel Canyon Rd or CA State Route 39) Climb to Angeles Crest and Dawson Saddle (at 7901 ft!)
- Costa Rica – Playa Flamingo Cycling – Monkey Trail
- Santa Barbara – Old San Marcos & Painted Cave Climb – Brutally Steep!
- San Diego – Palomar Mountain South Grade Climb
- Palm Springs – Tramway Road Climb (to Palm Springs Aerial Tramway)
- Eastern Sierras – Onion Valley – The Toughest Single Climb in California?
- Ojai – Sulphur Mountain
- Nacimiento-Fergusson Road Climb
- 2nd Street in Belmont Shore (Long Beach) gets some sweet shared lanes!
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