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Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 10:33:14 am
As mentioned in the Peak Area Meet thread. The BMC is in the early stages of doing a peak limestone guide and could do with help from knowledgeable locals. Anyone think they can help, generally or with specific crags? Either post here or PM Offwidth.
Would be good to see the peak limestone get a guide of the same quality that the grit crags have had for years now.

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#1 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 11:21:57 am
Is this guide nothing to do with the Rockfax guide then coming out this summer? I don't see why they wanna make another guide when there's already one coming!?   :shrug:

Still i would be keen to help out anyway, on any of the peak sport crags.

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#2 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 11:24:19 am
Is this guide nothing to do with the Rockfax guide then coming out this summer? I don't see why they wanna make another guide when there's already one coming!?   :shrug:

Still i would be keen to help out anyway, on any of the peak sport crags.

You are the kind of guide checker guidebooks need. Haven't you ticked the Peak Lime?!  ;)

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#3 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 11:24:50 am
No, the Rockfax will be a selective guide, this is the next series of definitive guides. As the last one wasn't brilliant, this will be an opportunity to match the high standard of the latest BMC grit guides.

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#4 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 11:47:57 am

You are the kind of guide checker guidebooks need. Haven't you ticked the Peak Lime?!  ;)

Cheers   :)   yeah i'm getting there! Really hope the Chee Dale cornice dries out again this year!!

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#5 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 12:01:28 pm
Word put me dowm for pinches wall. And whatever else.

Seriously, if this guide is even half as good as the grit guides it'll likely knock the rockfax into a cocked hat.

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#6 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 12:13:57 pm
Word put me dowm for pinches wall. And whatever else.

Seriously, if this guide is even half as good as the grit guides it'll likely knock the rockfax into a cocked hat.

Pullout or at least double-page HD photo of Minus 10, Tom's Roof, The Press wall and Pinches Wall would be great

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#7 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 12:17:41 pm
Not sure what my expertise would be but put me down for checking etc :wave:

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#8 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 12:50:48 pm
Would be good to see the peak limestone get a guide of the same quality that the grit crags have had for years now.

 :agree:

I'm mad keen to get involved in this sorta stuff. Would've been at the meeting on Tuesday if it wasn't for the incapacitating illness I'm still suffering from.

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#9 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 01:03:13 pm
Sure you probably have enough volunteers for Rubicon and the tor already, but put me down to help with either or both - if I can be super specific - Kudos wall

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#10 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 01:03:51 pm
Am happy to help with proof reading (or any of that sort of thing as opposed to route checking) as well as obviously joining any threads about routes that make it on to here.

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#11 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 01:55:44 pm
I'd be keen to help with this. I've done quite a bit at Cheedale but doubt whether I class as knowledgeable or not.

Would be happy script checking / proof reading etc. or helping in any other way I can.

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#12 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 02:09:34 pm
I had told Grimer a while ago that I was keen to help with this, but he's probably forgotten, so I'll say it again here.

I could do Blackwell Dale and most of the obscure bouldering areas, as well as contributing to the obvious venues like the Tor, Rubicon etc.

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#13 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 02:24:21 pm
I'm keen, maybe historical or other old info bouldering related.

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#14 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 02:45:38 pm
I'm keen, maybe historical or other old info bouldering related.

Detailing the shift of tectonic plates?

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#15 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 03:19:20 pm
As mentioned in the Peak Area Meet thread. The BMC is in the early stages of doing a peak limestone guide and could do with help from knowledgeable locals.

Thanks for this post!

cheque's incapacitating illness set me wondering ... if anyone got so excited about working on the limestone guide they got a nosebleed and couldnt attend the meeeting this is a good alternative place to start (no virtual bleeds please).

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#16 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 04:09:51 pm
Kudos wall

More community service? It's that orange overall you wear that does it.

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#17 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 04:55:01 pm
Would be good to see the peak limestone get a guide climbing of the same quality that the grit crags have had for years now.
:o ;)

Sorry a bit far away and don't have any specialist knowledge to offer. My experience of the standard classics has tended to agree with the grades and stars.

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#18 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 05:21:01 pm
Is this volunteering thing like a Big Society initiative then? 
I've hacked through the brambles in Deep Dale to climb Gibson's chipped routes and can write a description or two

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#19 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 08:51:50 pm
Is this volunteering thing like a Big Society initiative then? 

Offwidth is an (assertive) outreach worker - the uniform is lycra shorts and roller skates.


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#20 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 09:37:22 pm
*Puts hand up in agreeing manner*

I'm happy to help out, unlike most of this lot, i'm happy to climbing the crappy routes on crags other than Rubicon and the Tor to check they still exist. I'll drop Offwidth a line too.

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#21 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 04, 2011, 10:57:25 pm
Glad this guide is moving again. Sorry but the Tor section is spoken for - I wrote it with Steve and Zippy about 3 years ago when Grimer first asked for volunteers. May need a bit if updating now though.

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#22 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 05, 2011, 08:58:24 am
Can't help with physically checking things this year ahead, but stick me down for anything that can be done via email from abroad.  Cheedale and trad lime would be the main things I could contribute towards.

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#23 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 05, 2011, 09:55:39 am
I'd be keen to lend a hand with anything that needs checking over etc.

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#24 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 07, 2011, 04:21:15 pm

Offwidth is an (assertive) outreach worker - the uniform is lycra shorts and roller skates.
 

Are ron hills made of lycra??  I don't roller skate often but I can unicyle.

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#25 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 07, 2011, 09:25:50 pm
I'm spartacus, and so is my wife.

Point me in the right direction, and I'll be off like a goose.

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#26 Re: Peak Limestone Guide - volunteers
February 07, 2011, 10:59:54 pm
More than happy to help with route checking in the mid grades, trad or sport

 

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