Boulder Britain

[emperor]

I'm probably the wrong person to plug this here, since I have yet to climb on a boulder outside [unless you want to count The Arete at Castle Naze :p ], but I saw the UKC Review of Boulder Britain by Niall Grimes, and thought it might be of interest to the pebble-climbers in this community ;-)

The review concludes:

For your local or favourite bouldering areas you will more than likely have a bouldering guidebook or phone app but Boulder Britian is essential if you like to travel to climb small rocks whether you wear a beanie or not. It is a beautiful well-crafted showcase to the high quality bouldering we have in the UK and within its pages is the information and inspiration for many great days out. How lucky we are.

Comments

[rydra_wong]

Yup, it's a goodie. I was slightly surprised by that, much as I've admired Grimer's guidebook work in the past, because I couldn't see how there was a niche between "detailed guide to a single area" and "pretty but useless coffee table book with gorgeous pictures of rocks all round Britain".

But instead, it's got a level of detail that could help you pick an area to visit, or provide you with enough to do for several days on a visit to somewhere outside your "home turf", where you might not want to buy an entire guidebook unless you're going to be returning regularly.

(It does have some gorgeous pictures, too, but that's an added bonus.)

[wpadmirer]

Cool book! I've posted about to my local climbing gym. We're in the USA, but we've got travelers among us! (grin)