KEY WORD SEARCHES.
climbing - all books about getting to the top of stuff
climb guide - "where to" guides
climb technique - "how to" books
climb gear - small number of books about hardware
climb literature - literature (mainly climbing narratives) about climbing, much of it away from the Cascades
hiking - all books about trails and puting one foot in front of the other
hike guide - "where to" guides
hike gear - small number of books about gadgets
snowshoe - books about hiking in the winter
biking - all books about bicycles
bike guide - "where-to" guides
bike tour - technique for multi-day bike trips
bike gear - hardware (mainly maintenance and repair books)
skiing - all books about glisse sports
ski tour - overnight ski trips
ski mountaineering - sumits on skis
ski technique - bend the knees, $5 please
ski gear - tuning, waxing, etc
mountain rescue - SAR
first aid - injury treatment
avalanche - snow slides
natural history - all books about the environment
plants - vegetable kingdom
animals - birds, fish, mamals, etc.
history - recorded (human) occurances
railroad - books about one of the driving forces of our regional history
geology - earth sciences
mining - extractive industries
photography - design and production of images
paddle sports - kayak and canoe
San Juans - islands in the north sound
North Cascades - pretty much north of Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier - the mountain you see from Seattle
South Cascades - south of Mt. Rainier
Eastern Washington - east of the crest (enchantments, chelan, teanneway, paseyten)
Olympics - the peninsula (national park, beaches, mountains)
Puget Sound - the metropolis
Mt. Hood - the mountain you see from Portand
Western Oregon - west of the cascades
Eastern Oregon - high desert
Wallowas - northeast mountains (eagle cap wilderness)
British Columbia - vancouver island to the rockies
Idaho - famous potatoes
California - left coast
Alaska - sourdoughs
Southwest - arizona, new mexico, utah
Europe - excluding the russian far east
Himalaya - all of the big mountains
Latin America - mexico, central america, south america