Spirit of the Rock by Ron Kauk (2003) Pico de Orizaba The purpose of this guide

The purpose of this guide is to steer the climber in the right direction but not to diminish the adventure of the climb

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There is excellent single-pitch sport climbing as well as some opportunity for longer routes

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Spirit of the Rock by Ron Kauk (2003) Pico de Orizaba The purpose of this guideA curious little book, despite the small form factor, I think this is best described as a coffee table book. Full color photography of Ron climbing, mostly in Yosemite, accompanies very short poems and musings from the man himself. Don't expect to get too deepthe total word count here has to be no more than 2,000, probably less. You could read the entire thing in thirty minutes. So best to consider it a coffee table book, one you engage with a chunk