Maps

Both of these first two maps about the prolific climber Fred Beckey show the exact same data. While the web map is definitely more modern, I can't help but like the feel of the traditional static map a bit more. Note that you can click on the top map and get more info about each climb. These show only some of his First Ascents from 1939-1968- he went on to do much more- as of May 2015 he can still be found around the Northwest climbing around, at over 91 years old. Speaking of info, if you have knowledge you would like contribute to my endless list of Fred Beckey's first ascents I have a public spreadsheet:

Fred Beckey FA Spreadsheet

Interactive Map (zoom around and click on the dots)

Static Map

Here is a map I made promoting an international climbers meet in Yosemite for the American Alpine Club. I used a strange projection, and reset its meridian and latitude origins to Yosemite. This completely sacrifices shape and area, but makes Yosemite the center of the world (as it is to climbers).

This final map I made for a GIS class in college. It is essentially a visualization of some of the tabular data in the back of all the Accidents in North American Mountaineering . While the map does not show anything you would not expect, the timeline at the bottom has some interesting spikes in the 80's.

Raw data used to create next two graphics : NA Mtneering Accidents.pdf

This is another visualization of raw data from Accidents in North American Mountaineering. Again it does not reveal too much surprising information- except one thing. You always hear as a climber (at least I have and know others who have) that the most dangerous part of a climb is the way down. While I think the message to not let your guard down while descending is important- especially due to rappelling errors- this authoritative data source clearly shows that people tend to get hurt much more while ascending. The immediate and contributory causes are also definitely worth a scan.

NA Mtneering Accidents.pdf