ShutEye Article by Jim T. in DPM magazine

[mungeclimber]

iPhoney?


DPM = Dead Point Magazine

It was in print at one point, but I think it's just digital now.

[NateD]

You use word or whatever you want, and then you convert and save it as pdf before sharing. Why would anyone need to edit it except you guys? PDFs are super easy to view on all kinds of devices and to maintain consistent formatting.

[John]

The article mentions two previous guidebooks on Shuteye at the end. One must be the Spencer Guide, but what is the other? Slaters road trip? Mike A's? 

[mike a]

morning, jim most be talking about slater's, man that slater book is kind of a big door stop, who would put that brick in his or her pack and hike to the crag with it, and it only had info on a couple walls at shuteye, at least mine was small, and showed  more places to climb, i have notest since this year, grahn's posse have not post anything on super topo on southern yosemite, happy friday/happy climbing mike a.

[John]

Ha ha, "big doorstop".

No, it is not very compact is it?

Our Gunks guide is tiny and even has a piece of accessory cord threaded through a hole drilled in it so you can actually climb with it clipped to your harness! Now that is compact.

[mike a]

hi all, for my next guide book, i thought it would be helpful to make it with laminated pages with removeable pages with a hole in the corners of the pages so you can put a little cord throw the page with a binner cliped to your harness so you have a topo and info of the climb with you out of the book, and when your done with the page you can put it back in the book. i saw at a pro shop at vagus they had laminated topos , thats what gave me the idea for a that.

[John]

I have seen little laminated and folded topos for popular climbs like Nutcracker, Royal Arches, etc. that had a hole big enough for a biner to clip too.

The lamination makes the sheets too thick to have an entire guidebook of them. Maybe a really "select" guide though.

[DaveyTree]

I used to make mini guides and laminate them with one hole in the corner to take with me on the climb. Now I just take pics photos of the topos with my phone which I always take for pics on the rock and can look at the pages I took a picture of for reference.

No extra weight and my book stays like new. I have Johns Eagles PDF on my phone to use at will.