- Harvey Manning
Harvey Manning (
July 16 1925 inBallard, Seattle, Washington -November 12 ,2006 inBellevue, Washington ) was a notedauthor ofhiking guides andclimbing textbooks, and a tireless hiking advocate. Manning lived onCougar Mountain , within the city limits ofBellevue, Washington , calling his home the "200 meter hut". His book "Walking the Beach to Bellingham" is anautobiography andmanifesto fleshing out his journal of a hike along the shore ofPuget Sound over a two year span.Harvey Manning died November 12th, 2006, in Bellevue.
Books
Manning is most famous for being the editorial committee chair for the first edition of "", which is the standard textbook for climbing and scramble. The first edition was so successful that it created the Mountaineers Books publishing outlet.
Manning is also noted for writing the "100 Hikes" series of hiking guidebooks, along with
Ira Spring :
* "50 Hikes in Mount Rainier National Park" (1969) ISBN 0-89886-572-7
* "101 Hikes in the North Cascades" (1970) ISBN 0-916890-82-1
* "102 Hikes in the Alpine Lakes, South Cascades, and Olympics" (1971) ISBN 0-89886-067-9
* "100 Hikes in the South Cascades and Olympics" (1985) ISBN
* "100 Hikes in the Glacier Peak Region" (1988) ISBN 0-89886-868-8
* "55 Hikes in Central Washington" (1990) ISBN 0-89886-510-7
* "100 Classic Hikes in Washington" (1998) ISBN 0-89886-586-7
* "55 Hikes around Snoqualmie Pass"(2001) ISBN 0-89886-777-0These guidebooks are the standard books for hiking throughout westernWashington .Manning also wrote many other books on outdoor activities, including:
* "Backpacking: One Step at a Time" (1972) ISBN 0-394-74290-7
* "Footsore, Vols 1-4" (1977) ISBN 0-89886-065-2 (a series of guidebooks to hiking near Issaquah, Washington).
* "Walking the Beach to Bellingham" (1986) ISBN 0-87071-547-XAdvocacy
Manning advocated trail protection and maintenance for much of his life, based on his extensive experience in the Washington outdoors (having backpacked since the 1930s). He was the bane of mountain bikers in the Seattle area. Manning believed foot traffic (both the boots and the horseshoe variety) cannot coexist with the greater speeds of bicycle enthusiasts and disdained local politicians beholden to wheeled-recreation advocates for "spouting pure Lycra". Largely as a result of his efforts,
Cougar Mountain is off-limits to bikes and evenTiger Mountain has very limited single-track mileage where bikes are permitted.Manning was a member of the
North Cascades Conservation Council since 1957, serving as an editor of the NCCC journal "The Wild Cascades".Many of the names for peaks, creeks, wetlands, and trails on
Cougar Mountain were invented by Harvey Manning. He discovered Coal Creek Falls and beat a trail to it, and discovered the foundation for the steam hoist in Red Town. With the goal of preserving wildlands within urban King County, Manning designated (in the pages of "Footsore 1") the odd twenty mile-long spur of Cascade Mountain foothills alongI-90 nearSeattle as the "Issaquah Alps " and founded theIssaquah Alps Trails Club in 1979. The club serves to improve and publicize hiking aroundIssaquah, Washington .External links and references
* [http://www.wta.org/~wta/features/FEATURE%20200510.pdf Washington State's Hiking Legends] source from the Washington Trails Association
* [http://www.mtsgreenway.org/ Mountains to Sound Greenway]
* [http://www.globecorner.com/a/1866.html Harvey Manning]
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