Editing Climbing guidebook (section)

==Libraries and collections==

Several mountaineering organizations maintain extensive libraries and collections of current and historical climbing guidebooks,<ref>{{cite web | website=Mountain Heritage Trust | url=https://www.mountain-heritage.org/blog/a-brief-introduction-to-the-collecting-of-climbing-guidebooks | title=A brief introduction to the collecting of climbing guidebooks | first=David | last=Johnston-Smith | date=2024 | accessdate=5 May 2024}}</ref> including the British Mountaineering Council, who have been compiling an updated ''Bibliography of British and Irish Guidebooks (from 1894)''.<ref>{{cite web | website=[[British Mountaineering Council]] | title=Are you a Fanatical Guidebook Collector? | date=8 February 2012 | accessdate=5 May 2024 | first=Alan| last=Moss| url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/are-you-a-fanatical-guidebook-collector}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=[[British Mountaineering Council]] | title=British and Irish Climbing guidebooks – The 2013 Supplement  | date=12 June 2014 | accessdate=5 May 2024 | first=Niall | last=Grimes | url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/british-and-irish-climbing-guidebooks--the-2013-supplement}}</ref> The library of the [[American Alpine Club]] is also noted for its collection of climbing guidebooks.<ref name=CM2/> A noted online database of information on climbing routes—including verified ascensionists—is the late [[Elizabeth Hawley]]'s, [[The Himalayan Database]].