Climbing

Climbing: From Gym to Rock is a pocket-size instructional climbing book with the backing of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) that focuses on getting indoor climbers outdoors. The book will feature information on environment and terrain, types of crag, best practices, and more. Photos will be throughout.

A fully illustrated guide describing all kinds of knots useful in the outdoor environment. Outdoor Knots is the latest in Falcon's popular Pocket Guide series and delivers relevant, expertly curated content in a convenient, travel-ready package. Outdoor skills expert and veteran author Cliff Jacobson provides readers with accessible information on choosing the best knot for the situation, tying different types of common knots and hitches, selecting the best kinds of rope, and much more.

Highlights his speed records and history on the big wall rock climbing capital of the world: The nose, Yosemite, USA. A great and inspiring read Hard back

The only exercise guide a rock climber will ever need! Rock climbing is one of the most physically challenging sports, testing strength, endurance, flexibility, and stamina. To improve in the sport, climbers must build and maintain each of these assets. Written by veteran climber and performance coach, Eric Hörst, The Rock Climber's Exercise Guide provides climbers of all ages and experience with the knowledge and tools to design and follow a comprehensive, personalized exercise program. Enhance your skills, maximize your potential, and become the best climber you can be!

Fell and Rock Climbing Club Dow & Coppermines is a pocket-sized climbing guide that comprehensively covers the routes on Dow, neighbouring Blind Tarn Crag and for the first time, records the climbs on the adjacent outcrops.

Fell & Rock Climbing Club Duddon & Wrynose is a climbing guide that covers both the Duddon Valley and the popular crags accessed from Wrynose Pass. It gives clear route descriptions and generous sized photo-diagrams, showing the lines of the routes. There are also many great action shots included in the guide and there’s the usual supplementary information on parking and camping, plus a comprehensive crag selector.

The limestone and sandstone crags and quarries described in this guide are scattered over a large area of North, East and South Cumbria outwith the Lake District, and a major attraction is that its climbs may often remain dry when those in the National Park are not.

Langdale is without a doubt one of the finest of the Lakeland valleys and is easily reached from the M6 motorway; the climber is well catered for with pubs, cafes and campsites. One downside of its popularity with walkers and climbers is that its car parks tend to fill up very quickly on a sunny morning. As a large proportion of the crags facing south the valley is an all year round venue.

The Climbing Guide Scafell and Wasdale concentrates on rock climbing in the Lake District. This is the CB Centenary EditionCovers Scafell, Scafell Pike, Round How Area, Brad Crag Area, Great End Wasdale, Great End Borrowdale, Mosedale, Overbeck, Buckbarrow and the Wasdale Screes.

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.

The areas first comprehensive bouldering guide - Covering Bristol, Costa del Severn, Mendips, Wye Valley, Forest of Dean and The Cotswolds.

The cult that is Frome valley climbing is at last available for all - The sandstone favourites of Winterbourne micro-routes and Ring Road bouldering are covered here plus masses more.

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).

The third title in our series of local guides for local climbers. Put together by Great Western Rock and published by Dick’s Climbing. This is the first guidebook to give the minor crags in the Bristol area the proper, modern, full colour guidebook treatment.