Climbing

Versante Sud Arco Walls: Vol 1 is the definitive multi-pitch climbing guide for Arco and Valle del Sarca, written by expert Diego Filippi. This fourth edition covers 780 routes across 33 sectors, expanding from Lake Garda to Valle dei Laghi, with 260 new routes added. It focuses on the lower Sarca Valley, including Arco, Coste di Loppio, Val di Ledro, and Volta di Nò, while Vol 2 explores Sarche, Pietramurata, and Limarò Canyon. Packed with detailed topos, historical insights, and expert route evaluations, this guide blends classic alpine climbing with modern sport routes, making it an essential resource for climbers of all levels.

The 2022 edition of Versante Sud Arco Rock is the ultimate climbing guide to Arco, one of Europe’s top sport climbing destinations. Nestled between Lake Garda and the Sarca Valley, on the edge of the Dolomites. Arco offers world-class limestone routes with breathtaking scenery. This updated edition includes exclusive interviews with key figures in Arco’s climbing history, QR codes with GPS coordinates for easy navigation, and specially curated videos showcasing the region’s most stunning crags. Designed for all climbers, this guide makes exploring Arco’s incredible rock faces easier than ever.

Rockfax South Wales Sport Climbs covers the area to the south of the Brecon Beacons, spanning the land and sea cliffs from the River Wye on the Welsh border to Pembrokeshire in the west. The area is home to a wealth of sport climbing on a multitude of venues ranging from small inland quarries to extensive limestone sea cliffs.

Rare Breed Productions: Moving the Needle chronicles the journey of pursuing a deep curiosity that led to the groundbreaking first ascent of Rhapsody at Dumbarton Rock - the world's hardest trad climb and the first to achieve an E11 grade. This autobiographical narrative delves into the highs and lows of the climber's apprenticeship, offering insights and inspiration for readers to transform their own climbing skills. A must-read for those seeking to push boundaries and elevate their climbing journey.

Translated from the highly acclaimed French guidebook, Mountaineering Around Chamonix is an essential guide that provides an excellent introduction to the Alps for British hill walkers venturing into this stunning region for the first time. Packed with valuable information, it covers everything from essential equipment to basic alpine techniques, ensuring you're well-prepared for your adventure. This compact yet comprehensive guide is a long-awaited resource for anyone eager to explore the majestic Alps.

Idea Montagna's "4000m Peaks of the Alps - (Normal and Classic Routes)" is a comprehensive guidebook that covers all 82 official four-thousanders in the Alps, detailing normal routes, classic variants and ski-mountaineering routes. It includes technical notes on safety, conditions, approach, hut information, gear and maps. The guide is in full colour, featuring easy-to-follow topos and route descriptions, as well as approach information, all in English across its 416 pages.

Cottongrass Books'' - "Lancashire Bouldering" is a comprehensive guidebook dedicated to bouldering in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, with a few spots in Yorkshire. It covers 47 crags across three areas: Bowland, The Quarries, and The East Lancs Moors.

"Versante Sud Adam Ondra - The Climber" is Adam's climbing biography, written alongside Pietro Dal Pra in perfect harmony with Adam. Through memorable ascents and key milestones in Adam's career, the book reveals the culture, inclinations, tastes, and lifestyle of this remarkable climber. Born from a deep, lasting friendship, this biography is not a detached account but a vibrant, passionate story told together, pulsating with a love for climbing.

The Climbers Club Pen Llyn guidebook offers stunning photography, detailed maps, accurate topos, and comprehensive route descriptions, making it easy to use and ensuring an accessible climbing experience. With nearly 700 routes, Pen Llyn provides unmatched variety: from granite outcrops and towering sea cliffs to the impressive walls of Cilan Head and Craig Dorys, suntrap zawns of Trwyn Maen Melyn, and the quarries of Tyyn Tywyn. Featuring both new trad and sport climbs, there's something for everyone.

"A Light Through the Cracks - A Climber's Story" is renowned rock climber Beth Rodden's inspiring memoir about overcoming trauma, conquering fear, and embracing healing. At twenty, Beth is an elite climber when a trip to Kyrgyzstan turns nightmarish. She, her boyfriend, and two others are kidnapped by rebels. After six harrowing days, they escape, but Beth's battle with fear continues at home, driving her to push past her limits.

The Oxford Alpine Club Sport Climbs in England & Wales: Volume 2 South covers more than 4600 climbs across areas such as Carmarthen, the Gower peninsula, Swansea Bay, Portland and Cornwall to name a few. It includes full photo-topos, as well as full access and approach information and detailed maps throughout. Spanning no fewer than 20 geographic areas in full detail, this guide is an ideal addition to any climber's guidebook library.

Mid Wales Climbing South Snowdonia Bouldering is a comprehensive guidebook that covers all the bouldering in South Snowdonia in areas such as Blaenau-Ffestiniog, Bala, Harlech, Dolgellau and Aberystwyth. Almost all of the boulder problems listed in this guide are forthcoming spots and previously undocumented. All the boulder problems are shown on colour photo topos along with a description, and the vast majority are also shown on boulder maps. For each area there are clear approach maps and information.

Vertebrate Publishing Tides - A Climber's Voyage is the award-winning follow-up to Nick Bullock's critically acclaimed debut book Echoes. It is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one's life to climbing.

The Great Western Rock Mendip Outcrops is the new Great Western Rock, 400 page guidebook to the trad climbing in the Mendip Hills (not including Cheddar Gorge).

Great Western Rock Bristol Sport is the long awaited 500 page guidebook to the huge upsurge of sport climbing that has happened in the Bristol region. There are lots to discover within the pages of this book as considerable development has taken place in recent years.

On Sight Publishing North Wales Limestone - The Definitive Guide (2023) covers all the climbing along the North Wales coastal area - from Benllech in the west to The Devil?s Gorge (near Mold) in the east, including the popular Great and Little Ormes of Llandudno. The book details nearly 2,000 routes, 600 more than the 2014 edition. The majority of the routes are well equipped sport climbs, with the exception of the nationally significant trad venue of Craig y Forwyn.