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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first climbs at Bon Echo, the Toronto Section of the Alpine Club of Canada is pleased to present a special large format limited edition hard-cover version of A Guide to Rock Climbs at Bon Echo.

118 pages, over 120 colour and 42 black and white photographs (not counting the cliff pictures)

• never before published first ascent pictures
• all the familiar cliff picture with route lines, printed larger and sharper, along with all the route descriptions of the regular guidebook
• the history of climbing at Bon Echo
• a copy of the front page of the Tweed News of September 6 1956 with the whole story: Bon Echo Rock, "Canadian Gibraltar", Conquered By Quartette From Alpine Club (Cottagers watched daring climb of towering cliff!)

This is a limited edition print, sold at cost ($95 plus shipping). Only 100 copies will be printed in the initial print run. If you climb at Bon Echo, you'll want a copy of this collector's item.

Sample pages:

• pages 1 & 2 Introduction and General History (512KB)
• pages 23 — 25 All about Sweet Dreams (1.1MB)
• pages 44 & 45 Docking-Out (475KB)
• pages 66 & 67 Birthday Ridge (669KB)

Here's a link to the order form. It's also available on CD for $20 if you'd prefer to print it yourself. On CD, the book is a Acrobat PDF file and the CD is a high-quality CD-R. Also included on the CD are scans of all the hut logbooks from 1964 to 2005 (34 more PDF files), and the 1965 Bon Echo climbing guide.

And if you want a book to take climbing, the third edition of the guidebook (same cliff, smaller book) has its own order form.