The definative guide to climbing in Northumberland. With detailed descriptions of over 30 major crags including:--- Back Bowden Berryhill Bowden Doors Callerhues Crag Lough Great Wanney Henhole Jack Rock Kyloes In and Out Peel Crag Ravensheugh Simonside Sandy Crag as well as listing over 30 minor outcrops. This guide is illustrated by more than 100 inspirational photographs capturing the essence of rock climbing in Northumberland.
337 pages.
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The Lake District is a world renowned area of natural beauty, steeped in history and literary connections, and with the highest mountains, deepest and largest lakes in England. Despite the crowds and busy roads, it is still possible to get into the wilds and unspoilt mountain country by taking a 15 minute walk from the road. Rock climbing and bouldering have been practised here since the 19th century.
The most striking aspect of Lakes Bouldering is the sheer variety of rock types and environments available in the area, from the seaside sandstone of St Bees to the high volcanic boulders of the Central Lakeland fells and from the grit-like Carrock gabbro to clean Eskdale granite. This variety means that conditions are likely to be decent somewhere in the region on most days of the year.
This guide contains the usual excellent topo's, maps, descriptions etc.
Some of the areas covered are:--- Kentmere, Chapel Stile circuit, Langdale Boulders, Wrynose, Coniston, Gouther, Carrock Fell, Thirlmere Boulders, Ullswater, The Bowderstone, Langstrath Boulders, Honister, Gillercombe Boulders, St Bees North Head, Fleswick Bay, St Bees South Head, Wasdale, Eskdale Fisherground, Upper Eskdale, Furness Area.
208 pages.
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It sometimes seems that there are no inviolate places remaining to the adventurer in the Lake District. But this is not quite the case. Scrambling - ascending rock that is not usually difficult or steep enough to warrent the term 'rock climbing' - can take you to many exiting places, many well removed from the beaten track.
Even in popular areas of the Lake District, by combining several scrambles you can often hardly touch a path and rarely see other people at close quarters. A good long scramble with interesting route finding gives a very satisfying way of exploring England's Lake District.
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This Cicerone guide will suit the more adventurous walker and mountaineer who enjoys taking an off-track route on some of Lakeland's mountains. All routes are graded, and there are many illustrations and diagrams to help with route finding etc.
THis is the definitive guide to all the rock climbs in the Lancashire area, detailing 3,200 routes from Diff to E8. Covering everything from the dark and mysteriously charming quarries in the south, where steep walls and foreboding atmospheres have long gained the routes a reputation for character and challenge, to the limestone crags in the north of the county, which provide a good contrast with their fresh, open steepness.
With easy access from the great population centres of North West England, these outcrops are a great resource, giving a vast supply of routes of many styles and in a variety of settings. For the committed local, or the occasional visiter, theis guide will lead you through the miriad of unique experiences that Lancashire climbing has to offer.
This current volume is essentially a re-print of the 1999 edition of Lancashire Rock - known fondly as 'The Brick' - with a few minor changes. The Whitbarrow and Furness areas have now been taken under the more logical wing of the FRCC for their Lakeland guides, and the Standedge area will appear in the forthcomming BMC Moorland Grit guide. These changes have allowed a smaller and more compact guide to be produced.
535 pages.
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The long awaited new edition for 2005. We are sure that you find that this guidebook does justice to the superb limestone climbing to be found in Yorkshire. Containing over 1000 new routes over the original guide published in 1992. The new user friendly format should assist in planning your trip to the area, and with improved maps and colour enhanced crag diagrams should guide you easily to the foot of your chosen route.
It has to be conceded that the limestone of the Yorkshire Dales is a magical rock with some of the hardest and most spectacular climbs in the country. It also has some superb smaller crags in idyllic settings offering a wide range of climbing styles to suit all tastes and seasons.
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The Rock Fax guide to bouldering problems in the Yorkshire Gritstone area has all the usual good quality illustrations and topo's that we have come to expect. All routes are graded in detail, and useful access information is provided.
320 pages.
Recommended price:--- £17.95
