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Title – Eastern Grit
Author – Chris Craggs
Publisher – Rockfax: Price £29.95
The third edition of the UK’s best selling guidebook. The original 2001 version arguably changed the format of guidebooks for ever. A significantly revised edition was published in 2006 with 100 extra pages and 900 extra routes. Eight years on to 2015 and the new book has been expanded with more coverage of the main cliffs and the inclusion of many of the minor venues that were left out last time round. It is now a massive 560 pages with over 4000 routes! The book includes a superb set of inspiring action photographs from some renown photographers plus a plethora of graded lists. Weighing in at about the same as everything else in your sack, it is a beast. A brilliant new guide to one of the most popular climbing areas in the world.
Title – Lake District Climbs and Scrambles Author – stephen Goodwin
Publisher – Vertebrate: Price £16.95
It’s small. It has proper OS maps in it. It’s clearly written. If you are the kind of mountain goer that likes to blur the lines between high mountain walking, scrambling and lower grade climbing, and likes to indulge in two if not three of these on a long mountain day, then, like me, you’ll really appreciate this guide. Twenty routes from 5km to 16km and with scrambles up to grade 3 and climbs up to Severe.
Title – Uncommon Ground / A word lovers guide to the British landscape Author – Dominick Tyler
Publisher – Faber: Price £16.95
I am allowed one esoteric book. This is it.
Whilst taking the photographs for the book Wild Swim, Tyler observed a whole range of odd words used on maps and in place names to describe parts of the landscape. He then went on to find, understand, explain and photograph a whole wonderful book full of them.
Clitter. Mire. Haareis. Caochan. Grike. Erratic. Sarn. Stunpol. Ait. Marfer. Zawn.
Title – Climbing Wall Leading Author – Ian Fenton
Publisher – PesdaPress: Price £9.99
Same size and style as the very successful
Climbing Games by Paul Smith, this great little
book is full of exercises to aid the progression
towards leading indoors. The exercises are progressive, easy to understand and well pho- tographed. It will be an asset to any climber wanting
to learn to lead, or indeed any instructor or coach that needs to refresh their box of ideas for teaching indoor leader
Vertebrate Publishing Award-winning mountaineering and outdoor books
www.v-publishing.co.uk • www.twitter.com/VertebratePub • www.facebook.com/vertebratepublishing Discount available for AMA members – see AMA website for details
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