The New Edition:

"I got the Bishop Bouldering guide in the mail today. All I can say is WOW. Arguably the best looking guidebook I have ever seen. Almost a piece of art. Beautiful pictures, high quality construction -- truly awesome!"
-- Tim Kemple, Pro Photographer

"I just wanted to congratulate you on the Bishop guidebook. It's stunning! Fantastic work. You guys are the kings of the guidebook world and a real inspiration!"
-- Jim Thornburg, Pro Photographer

The First Edition:

"I just bought a copy of your Bishop Bouldering guide. What an awesome job.  I feel like I'm really there every time I open it up. You managed to bottle up a piece of bishop and put it in that book !! Thanks for doing it right."
-- Gregg Olson (Climber)

In the book you will find:

*   Precise information to locate everything you need, whether at the rocks or back in town.

*   2000 problems described, often with painstaking detail and a sense of fun.

*   Introductions to over 100 separate bouldering sectors to inform and motivate you.

*   Dozens of stunning action photographs by professional photographers.

*   Tales of the bouldering history from Smoke Blanchard through Dale Bard and Chris Sharma.


This glossy all-color publication was intended to take the climbing guidebook to a whole new level. For those who already have the book: Thanks, I hope you're enjoying it!

Bishop Bouldering is entirely written by me, Wills Young, with the exception of a historical perspective authored by fellow Bishop local, Tim Steele (thanks Tim!), and Vic Copeland (thanks Vic!). Overview maps and numerous topos were drawn by me (e.g. Happy and Sad Boulders) and by the previous Bishop bouldering guidebook author Mick Ryan (Buttermilk and other areas). The topos were entirely digitized by Mick Ryan, who also contributed experience gleaned from years of research and documentation of Bishop area climbing. Thanks Mick!

The Bishop bouldering areas are truly some of the most beautiful on earth: please take care of them.