LOCALadk Magazine

26 Fall 2014 LOCALadk Bringing For th a Guidebook Adirondack Rock II Story by Colin Loher Photos by David Le Pagne "Guidebooks, as some of you know, mean a lot to me. They serve as a key that opens doors: to places, to the pathways, to the possibilities. But they only open doors. Once inside, the experience is all ours." - Don Mellor, Adirondack Rock (First edition) If you live within the "blue line" of this six million acre paradise, and you happen to be a climber, you're a very fortunate individual. There is a lifetime's worth of adventures to be had and no one knows that better than the rock climbing guidebook authors Jeremy Haas and Jim Lawyer. The second edition of their book, Adirondack Rock II, will hit bookshelves this fall and I for one am very excited since I happen to live within this lake bejeweled, pastorally mountain-scaped paradise that happens to be riddled with some of the best rock in the Northeast. Yup, I am spoiled...and very much like to, as the tourists sometimes refer to it, "cliff climb." Lawyer and Haas are pretty stoked, too. They have good reason to be. They worked hard on their new two-volume edition and it shines on every page, route description, cliff topo, guest essay, illustration, and GPS coordinate provided. Lawyer and Haas left no stone unturned in their efforts to bring forth a very user-friendly, Adirondack worthy, rock climbing guidebook. In the forward Tad Welch draws our attention to their labor of love. Welch writes: "It will be surprising if you cannot find your way to a particular cliff or route--the reason being that it is very likely that Jim and Jeremy have already been there and very likely climbed the route. Now think about it. Spread over millions of acres are 330 crags, the majority of which with little more than cairns Jeremy Haas - Potash. Climb: Caja Bonita - 5.11a

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