Editing Climbing guidebook (section)

==Influence and notable books==
[[File:Houghton Swi 688.59 - Alpine Club.jpg|thumb|Title page from ''Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers'' (1859), edited by [[John Ball (naturalist)|John Ball]], first president of the [[Alpine Club (UK)|Alpine Club]]]]
Some of the earliest dedicated climbing guidebooks can be dated back to the mid-19th century and the [[Golden Age of Alpinism]], with the British [[Alpine Club (UK)|Alpine Club]]'s ''Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers'' in 1859 being arguably being one of the earliest published guidebooks dedicated to climbing.  Climbing guidebooks became an important part of developing the culture of climbing, and the promotion of the activity as a sport, and they became increasingly common by the turn of the 20th century in Europe and after World War Two in North America.<ref name=CM3/> 

As well as promoting an area to outside climbers, guidebooks chronicle the history and stories of climbing areas and individual climbing routes, and delineate what is considered to be good and/or acceptable style in a particular area and what is not acceptable (e.g use of [[sport climbing]] [[bolt (climbing)|bolts]]).<ref name=CM3>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/people/guidebooks-are-still-a-problem/ | date=23 March 2023 | first=Doug | last=Robinson | accessdate=5 May 2024 | title=Guidebooks Are Still a Problem}}</ref> There have been instances where local climbers have strongly objected to the publication of a guidebook due to differences in opinion on local climbing ethics, and/or the prospect of attracting increased visitors (e.g. at [[Pike's Peak]] in Colorado).<ref>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/from-climbing-partners-to-bitter-enemies-inside-the-trenches-of-the-pikes-peak-bolt-war/ | title=From Climbing Partners to Bitter Enemies: In the Trenches of the Pikes Peak Bolt War | date=23 August 2021 | accessdate=5 May 2024 | first=Corey | last=Buhay}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | newspaper=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]] | date=24 May 2021 | accessdate=5 May 2024 | url=https://gazette.com/life/controversial-pikes-peak-guidebook-set-to-be-published/article_ae9434b4-b1f3-11eb-91fa-97fb99c58528.html | first=Seth | last=Boster | title=Controversial Pikes Peak guidebook set to be published}}</ref>

Certain guidebooks had a significant impact on the standardization of climbing and the adoption of grading systems in particular.  For example, Steve Roper's 1964 [[big wall climbing]] guidebook, ''A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley'', cemented the nascent [[Yosemite Decimal System]] as the dominant grading system in North America.<ref name=BK1/> Similarly, [[John Sherman (climber)|John Sherman]]'s 1991 [[bouldering]] guidebook ''Hueco Tanks Climbing and Bouldering Guide'' introduced the [[V-scale]] to American bouldering, where it became the dominant system.<ref name=BK2/>

Climbing guidebooks that are considered historically notable include:

===British Isles===
*''[[Some Gritstone Climbs]]'' (1913).
*''[[Hard Rock (book)|Hard Rock]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Douglas |first1=Ed |title=Ken Wilson obituary | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/28/ken-wilson-obituary |access-date=5 May 2024 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 June 2016|quote=... and in 1974 published Hard Rock, among the most influential climbing books of the 20th century.}}</ref>

===Continental European===
* ''[[Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers|Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A Series of Excursions by the Members of the Alpine Club]]'' (1959).
* ''[[Alpine Club Guide]]'' ({{langx|de|Alpenvereinsführer}}, commonly shortened to ''AV Führer'' or ''AVF'').
* ''[[Guida dei Monti d'Italia]]'' (in English ''Guidebook to the Italian mountains'').

===North American===
* ''[[A Climber's Guide to the Teton Range]]'' (1956).<ref name=CM2/>
* ''[[A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley]]'' (1964).<ref name=BK1>{{cite web | magazine=[[Alpinist (magazine)|Alpinist]] | url=https://alpinist.com/departments/a-climbers-guide-to-yosemite-valley/ | first=Shey | last=Kiester | title=A Climber's Guide to Yosemite Valley | date=12 June 2015 | accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref>
* ''[[Fifty Classic Climbs of North America]]'' (1979).<ref>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/places/the-50-classic-climbs-of-north-america/ | first=Zoe| last=Gates| title=The 50 Classic Climbs of North America  | date=22 May 2017 | accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | magazine=Gripped Magazine | url=https://gripped.com/profiles/the-fifty-classic-climbs-of-north-america-list/ | title=The Fifty Classic Climbs of North America List | date=29 October 2020 | accessdate=6 May 2024}}</ref>
* ''[[Hueco Tanks Climbing and Bouldering Guide]]'' (1991).<ref>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/the-source-how-hueco-gave-birth-to-modern-bouldering/ | first=Luke| last=Laeser| title=The Source – How Hueco and a guidebook gave birth to modern bouldering  | date=27 January 2006 | accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref><ref name=BK2>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/10-things-bouldering-grades/?scope=anon | title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Bouldering Grades | date=24 March 2022 | accessdate=1 September 2023 | first=Matt | last=Samet}}</ref>