Guidebooks
With our Belgian partners Nevicata we publish and sell four unique guides to the Andes. These are described in more detail below. The "Buy Now" buttons take you to a payment page, where you can buy the books, postage included to any destination worldwide.
| The Andes - A Guide for Climbers |
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3rd English edition, 2005. |
| The Andes - A Trekking Guide |
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English, 2001. The only comprehensive guide to the whole range available in English. |
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1era edicion Español. | |
| Les Andes - Guide d'Alpinisme | 2eme edition Francais, 2007. |
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Errata
We know have an errata page highlighting the few typo's and other errors we have discovered in the most recent editions of our guidebooks since publication.
The Andes - A Guide for Climbers
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We are the publishers of the only comprehensive
climbing guidebook to the Andes- 'The Andes' by John Biggar.
ISBN 0-9536087-2-7 |
| Recently reviewed in The Scottish Mountaineer, the third edition was described as a "remarkable guidebook" ..... "Overall, The Andes is the perfect book for understanding the geography and climbing potential of the complete Andes chain, and it will fill an important gap on my bookshelf" ''This is essential reading for anyone requiring up-to-date and well-researched information on all areas of the Andes, from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego,....'' as reviewed in Climb magazine, June 2006. | |
| 'The Andes - A Guide for Climbers' is the only comprehensive guidebook to the peaks of the Andes. It is the only guidebook to cover all one hundred and two 6000m peaks of South America. There is also information on many 5000m peaks plus details of many of the most prominent Patagonian peaks. This new 3rd edition in full-colour has over 160 colour photo-diagrams, over 170 other photos and over 80 sketch maps to accompany the text. 304 pages/A5 format. |
Les Andes - Guide D'Alpinisme
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Les grandes voies de montagne et les sommets de trekking. Edition Francais ISBN Deuxieme edition - Novembre 2007 |
Informations nouvelle edition --
Nevicata, 51 Avenue du General de Gaulle, 1050
Bruxelles, Belgique. Plus de 350 sommets des andes et de Patagonia. Des milliers
d'informations uniques.83 cartes, 120 croquis et de nombreuses photos couleur.
Vous pouvez commander des exemplaires de ce guide directement a l'adresse si
vous ne trouvez pas chez votre libraire.
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''.... En bref, l'ouvrage est <incontournable> pour qui veut aller humer l'air des altitudes andines.'' Les Alpes, Feb 2001''.... Enfin, vous trouverez aussi plein d'informations pratiques sur le materiel, les transports, les conditions, etc.'' Montagnes, Jan 2001 |
Los Andes - Una Guia para Escaladores
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La primera edición en Español seria disponible 20 julio 2007. Los Andes - Una Guía para Escaladores by John Biggar. Traducido desde la 3ra edicin Ingles por Pere Vilarasau, Cecilia Vazquez y John Biggar. 1ra edición Español, Julio 2007 ISBN 978-0-9536087-3-7 |
| Esta es la primera edicin Español (tercera edicion Ingles) de esta nica gua completa de los picos de los Andes. Esta cubre varias areas y picos no descritos en ninguna otra guia. Los 102 picos de 6000m descritos, ms de 210 picos ms bajos descritos. 350 fotos, incluyendo ms de 160 diagramas de rutas y 84 mapas esquemticos en color. | |
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descripciones de las rutas generalmente normals, ... y unos planos de
aproximaciones y accesos elaborados con ms detalle dan forma a una guia para
una primera visita a los Andes" Revista de la primera edicion Ingles, Desnivel, Enero 1997. |
The Andes - A Trekking Guide
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We also publish the only comprehensive trekking guide to the Andes 'The Andes - A Trekking Guide' by John Biggar and Cathy Biggar. ISBN 0-9536087-1-9 |
A companion volume to 'The Andes- A Guide for Climbers' this book features walks and treks in all seven Andean nations. Old favourites such as the Inca Trail and Torres del Paine feature alongside new and 'undiscovered' treks, such as the Ticlla circuit and the Marmolejo traverse along with loads of colour photos, trek profiles and detailed trekking maps. | |
| ''....Quite obviously the authors really know the terrain they describe and readers are able to benefit from their suggestions and advice about ... where to camp, get water ... things of historic interest '' High magazine, January 2002 |
How to buy these books Como comprar estos libros
Direct Orders from the publisher Andes Pedidos directos del autor
You can order copies directly from us at 'Andes' You can now pay using PayPal If you are unsure how to do this please contact us. The Andes - A Guide for Climbers - GB £19.95 or Euro €34.00 for UK and European orders. US $49.00 or equivalent in British pounds for US, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and all other worldwide orders.Los Andes - Una Guia Para Escaladores. Euro €34.00 (pedidios desde España y Europa) o US $49.00 (pedidos desde America y resto del mundo). Estos precios incluye correo aereo desde Escocia a Europa, America o cualquiera otra localidad en el mundo. The Andes - A Trekking Guide - GB £15.00 or Euro €25.00 for UK and European orders. US $34.00 or equivalent in British pounds for US, Canadian, Australian, Japanese and all other worldwide orders. Prices above include postage. If you prefer you can also send cash (GBP, US$ or Euro) or a cheque ( preferred - payable to 'John Biggar'), with your name and address for delivery to Andes, 37a St. Andrew Street, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 1EN, SCOTLAND. |
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Other places to buy our books.The following sources all sold our guidebooks when we last checked. Many good bookshops and climbing shops will also have copies in stock or be able to order you a copy. A search using 'Biggar' will usually get you quickly to the right page to place an order on most of these sites. |
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UK |
You can order online from Needlesports or Stanfords orAmazon or Jarvis Books or Tesco.com. Or you can buy them by mail order direct from us here at Andes using Paypal. These books are also often available in larger shops of Waterstones, Borders, Nevisport, Cotswold, Outside in Hathersage and at Stanfords in London. |
USA, Canada |
You can order online from the South American Explorers Club, Amazon.com or Trailstuff In case of difficulty contact our North American distributor Alpenbooks |
France, Belgique, Suisse |
Amazon.fr pour editions francais et anglais. |
Deutschland, Osterreich |
Order from AreeGreul or Amazon.de |
Australia, New Zealand | We're still looking for someone, in the meantime you can order copies from us at Andes in the UK using Paypal and we'll post a copy to you. See above for details. |
Japan, Korea |
You can now order from Amazon.co.jp |
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In case of difficulty ordering please contact our UK and European distributors Cordee or our US and Canadian distributors Alpen Books | |
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