Author: BRITISH MOUNTAINEERING COUNCIL.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780903908443
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Chris Craggs
Publisher: Rockfax
ISBN: 9781873341568
Category : Peak District (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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A guide to rock climbing in the Peak District, covering Wharncliffe, Rivelin, Dovestone Tor, Bamford, Stanage, Burbage North, Higgar Tor, Burbage South, Millstone, Lawrencefield, Yarncliffe, Froggatt, Curbar, Baslow, Gardoms, Birchen, Chatsworth, Cratcliffe and Black Rocks.

Author: Pete O'Donovan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956700636
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 492

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A selective topo-style guidebook covering over 4000 routes on the finest gritstone crags in England's Peak District. The six areas featured are: the Eastern Edges; Staffordshire Grit; Castle Naze and Windgather; the Kinder Plateau; the Longdendale Valley; and the Chew Valley. The topos are supplemented by detailed maps and approach information, as well as stunning scenic and action photographs. GPS co-ordinates are provided, not only for key parking areas, but also to mark the locations of difficult-to-find crags and buttresses, enabling first time visitors equipped to reach their destination with minimum fuss.

Author: Rupert Davies
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906148270
Category : Peak District (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 487

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Bouldering is a branch of traditional rockclimbing which has become popular in recent years. The Peak District is the main UK destination for the activity, and this book provides hundreds of inspirational photos.

Author: Adrian Berry
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781873341728
Category : Peak District (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 540

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This new edition covers all the main bouldering venues of the Peak District in one book, with many more low-grade problems than featured elsewhere. It also includes bouldering circuits that have proved popular in recent years.

Author: Chris Craggs
Publisher: Rockfax
ISBN: 9781873341223
Category : Peak District (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 360

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This is a climbing guidebook for those interested in the huge variety of cliffs that are scattered up the western side of the Peak District and the Pennines.

Author: Tony Waltham
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785008757
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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This book is one of a popular and exciting series that seeks to tell the story of some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes. Written with the general reader - the walker, the lover of the countryside - firmly in mind, these pages open the door to a fascinating story of ancient oceans, deltas, mineralization and tundra landscapes. Over millions of years the rocks that now form the spectacular terrains of the White Peak and the Dark Peak were laid down on the floors of tropical seas and deformed by plate tectonics before being shaped by streams and rivers. The white limestone was fretted into its own distinctive landscape above hidden cave systems; then generations of miners and farmers modified and contributed to the landscapes we see today. With the help of photographs that are largely his own, geologist Tony Waltham tells the remarkable story of the Peak District, explaining just how the landscapes of limestone plateau, grit moors and river valleys came to look as they do. Including suggestions for walks and places to visit in order to appreciate the best of the National Park's landforms, this accessible and readable book opens up an amazing new perspective for anyone who enjoys this varied and beautiful area.

Author: John Coefield
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906148065
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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peak district : climbing features over 850 of the Peak District?s best routes and boulder problems. Over 400 of the best routes from Mod to HVS are included, together with suggestions for good E1s to try. The Peak?s best gritstone and limestone crags are covered, including Stanage, Froggatt, The Roaches, Stoney Middleton and Wildcat.Also featured are the mid-grade sport climbing venues of Horseshoe Quarry and Harpur Hill Quarry - over 50 of the best routes from F5 to F6c+. 350 of the Peak?s best gritstone boulder problems are also included for the keen boulderer. Additional features include friendly and informative advice on climbing techniques, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and - of course - the obligatory ticklists.The book is illustrated with clear and easy-to-use photo topos and maps, together with stunning action photography from the country?s best rock climbing photographers, including David Simmonite, Ian Parnell, Alex Messenger, Pete O?Donovan, Adam Long, Keith Sharples and Mike Robertson.

Author: Edwin Drummond
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1910240222
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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'The best climbing book I've ever read.' Lito Tejada Flores High Ed Drummond is one of the great characters of the British climbing scene. An inspired climber and writer, he made first ascents across the UK and wrote some of the most unusual articles in the mountaineering world. In doing so, he won two Keats prizes, a National Poetry prize and created some of the country's most prized routes. A climbing book like no other, A Dream of White Horses mixes climbing tales with an intense personal story. The first ascent of the Long Hope Route on St John's Head and a solo ascent of El Capitan's Nose sit alongside Drummond's eventful childhood and a string of failed relationships that took him to the edge of despair. Political and social concerns appear as Drummond scales Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square in an anti-apartheid protest and the Statue of Liberty in support of civil-rights activists. Told through essays, poems and stories, it is at times exciting, frequently surreal and often deeply personal. First published in 1987, A Dream of White Horses received a mixed reception, reflecting the author's notoriety as a climber. Disregarded by the more conservative publishing and mountaineering establishments, it received rave reviews in the climbing press. Love it or hate it, the book is an undeniably fascinating read. 'The most challenging, disturbing and provocative piece of climbing literature I've ever read ... the consistent brilliance is astounding.' Stuart Pregnall, Climbing magazine

Author: Tony Howard
Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
ISBN: 1911342843
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 805

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We are all climbing where we are and with the gear we use in no small part due to Tony Howard's quest for adventure. Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall; a climb described by Joe Brown as, 'One of the greatest ever achievements by British rock climbers'. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used worldwide by most climbers. He founded the company Troll Climbing Equipment but never stopped exploring. Quest into the Unknown is his story. Tony has dedicated his life to travelling the world in search of unclimbed rock faces and remote trekking adventures. The scale of his travels is vast: he has visited all of the North African countries, much of the Arab land of the Middle East, the mountainous regions of Scandinavia, Canada and the rocky spine of the Americas, the Himalaya, remote Indian provinces, South East Asia, Madagascar, South Georgia and Antarctica. This book, the last word in adventure travel, takes the reader from Tony's youth spent developing the crags of the English Peak District, via whaling ships in the Southern Ocean, thousand-mile canoe trips in the Canadian Arctic, living amongst the Bedouin in the rocky mountains of Jordan, to the isolated opium tribes of Thailand. Tony Howard's Quest into the Unknown is the jaw-dropping account of a life of adventure that is the very definition of true exploration.