Lake District bouldering
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25024
- Medium
- Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
- Published Date
- 2019
- Author
- Chapman, Greg
- Publisher
- Sheffield, UK : Vertebrate Publishing
- Call Number
- DA C43 L35
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- Author
- Chapman, Greg
- Publisher
- Sheffield, UK : Vertebrate Publishing
- Published Date
- 2019
- Physical Description
- 568 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour)
- Subjects
- Guidebook
- Guidebooks
- Abstract
- Lake District Bouldering is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park. Written by Greg Chapman, one of the pioneers of bouldering in the Lakes, it features almost 3,000 individually numbered problems and dozens of variations and linkups at over 70 venues.Greg created the LakesBloc website in 2003 with the sole aim of providing the very best online information relating to bouldering in the Lakes and surrounding areas. Lake District Bouldering builds on LakesBloc and brings together this huge amount of information in a comprehensive guidebook for the very first time. This guide is split into five sections: South-East, South-West, North-East, North-West and South Lakes Limestone. Featured crags include old-school venues such as the Langdale Boulders, the Bowderstone, Woodwell and Armathwaite; recently developed areas such as the Harter Gold Boulders in Dunnerdale and the Stirrup Stones in Wasdale, and nationally significant spots including Carrock Fell, Kentmere and St Bees Head. Each crag features detailed access and approach information, including GPS coordinates for parking and crag grid references, together with conditions information and local knowledge. Alongside superb action photography, there are over 700 colour photo topos, plus overview and topo maps. A reference section with Ordnance Survey maps is included for selected mountain crags, and a detailed appendix includes everything you need to plan a visit: tourist information centres, cafes and pubs, campsites and accommodation, gear shops, climbing walls, and useful websites. (from Vertebrate Publishing website)
- Contents
- Introduction -- A legal bit -- Acknowledgements -- What's in and what's not -- Names and first ascents -- Safety statement -- Mountain rescue -- Access -- Behaviour -- Respecting the rocks -- The countryside code -- Stars -- Grades -- Map key -- Useful information -- South Lakes Limestone: Silverdale area; Farleton area; Kendal area; Minor areas -- South-East: Kentmere area; Langdale; Little Langdale & Wrynose; Coniston; Minor areas -- South-West: Furness; Duddon Valley; Eskdale; Wasdale; Minor areas -- North-West: Borrowdale; Ennerdale; West Coast; Minor area -- North-East: Haweswater; Thirlmere; Penrith area; Eden Valley; Minor areas -- Ordnance of survey maps -- Graded list -- Problem index.
- Notes
- Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival 2019 finalist - long list for "Guidebooks"
- ISBN
- 9781910240731
- Accession Number
- AC638
- Call Number
- DA C43 L35
- Collection
- Alpine Club of Canada Library
- URL Notes
- Summary on Vertebrate Publishing website
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