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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917
EAN: 9780965768641
ISBN: 0965768643
Label: Running Water Press
Manufacturer: Running Water Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2003-07
Publisher: Running Water Press
Sales Rank: 164551
Studio: Running Water Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A backcountry tip sheet on where to jump into more than 100 secluded waterfalls, remote two-person tubs, hidden pools throughout the Golden State. All of them are at least six feet deep. All are in creeks and rivers less than three hours from the trailhead. Each entry lists expectation of privacy along with a photo and topographic map with GPS waypoints. Icons indicate the best season to visit, the difficulty of approach, and the overall rating, whether fair, good, excellent or classic. Dog owners can tell at a glance if four-legged hikers are appropriate. Families with small children can easily determine if the journey is a good one for the little dippers.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
Following this book's directions, we went to the Marble Slides hole. We planned on going to the Marble Forks one, too, but I don't think we found it. Luckily we still had a lot of fun. The directions are more like vague guidelines, it seems. Also, it is confusingly organized; the maps aren't always next to the holes they belong to, due to several holes being on one map, so to find the map you have to flip around. Also, the full-pages pictures aren't always of the hole on the adjacent page.
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What can you say about a guide which tells you about paradise but gives the wrong co-ordinates ?
Unfortunately, despite its claims I now have to check all sources (locals to google earth) before going to a new pool with this book. I have spent hours on dirt roads, following the directions and finding out it is the wrong way.
As my 10-year-old put it " Maybe he doesn't want people to find these places" !
Another example is repeating the same map for two differant places !! ... Read More
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This book is well written and clearly organized, with a straightforward and helpful system of rating swimming holes. However, as other reviewers have described, the instructions are truly atrocious. I am a scientist used to tracking down rare plants using old coordinates, rumor, misinformation, maps, Google Earth, etc. The skills I have honed come in very handy when I use Pancho Doll's book. For some of these sites, nearly all the information (the maps, the written instructions, the GPS coordinates) ... Read More
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this book is riddled with flaws. the directions are misleading and dangerous. i have gotten lost on many of these excursions due to his poor trail descriptions. one will also be mislead by his money grubbing tactics. once you purchase the book you are lead to believe that you are allowed access to all of the holes in the book, but guess what? no. you have to join the serria club to get full access. lame, everyone knows the serria club is a cruel animal killing fratfest. i doubt this review will even ... Read More
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A friend from Italy turned me on to this book while he was visiting California. Viggo had met a
woman kayaking while she was using the book to discover some hidden hot springs. I picked up the
book and it fuels my imagination with all the potential lovely wet adventures so near at hand. I was
familiar with some of the spots but others still remain for more exploration.
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