Peak Bouldering Guide 2011 edition (Read 59889 times)

Ru · May 23, 2011, 03:08:15 pm

"That's nice. It's quite thick isn't it? Is this one about climbing again?" - a short review by my mum.

After years of toil it's arrived! Well my copy has anyway. The rest are all on a ship somewhere and will arrive in 2-3 weeks. We're all jolly pleased with it and I've spent all weekend reading it (sort of) and only found one typo so far.

It's a beast, nearly 500 pages, and having seen the final thing in the flesh it seems likely that this will be the last single edition guide to peak bouldering. I don't think it could realistically get any bigger. For this edition Cofe has joined the team, so there should be fewer mistakes and less sarcasm. Well fewer mistakes anyway - we've left some in to help people find something to complain about.

It's also full of nice pictures of bits of rock with lines on them and some words and stuff. The cover has a sophisticated matt finish with posh shiny lettering that will impress your friends. In short, you want one.

Vertebrate Graphics are doing an earlybird offer for a fiver less than retail, with a free Pod beermat thrown in:
http://www.v-publishing.co.uk/titles/rock-climbing-guidebooks/peak-district-bouldering-second-edition.html

Note: Panic not - we're getting banner advertising and stuff and OK'd this thread with the overlords.

fatneck · May 23, 2011, 03:12:01 pm

Psyched! Great news

cofe · May 23, 2011, 03:14:15 pm

It's on a boat somewhere, but these guys...

...assure me it should be here no later than 6 June (two weeks today).

Drew · May 23, 2011, 03:15:12 pm

We've been drooling over this in the shop for the past week, and it's a thing of beauty! So many gorgeous photos!

mrjonathanr · May 23, 2011, 03:26:28 pm

No mention of descriptions of how to access the boulders being as elliptical as a cryptic crossword? I guess that's all the fun taken out of trogging the Peak in the hope of finding a distant lump of rock through the ferns.

Don't tell me the impressionist sketches will also be thrown out and replaced with something relating to the local topography as well?

GCW · May 23, 2011, 03:28:14 pm

Pre-ordered, so I'll stick up a scathing review in a few weeks time

Steamboat Stello · May 23, 2011, 04:28:51 pm

Ditto! Tiny-mind pscyhe!

galpinos · May 23, 2011, 04:36:49 pm

Bastards. I'm trying to be careful with money for a bit but appear to have a copy on order.

fried · May 23, 2011, 04:45:12 pm

If that's the last deadline change I'll put my order in tonight. I hope there are none of them dreadful V-grades in it...

slackline · May 23, 2011, 04:50:45 pm

Quote from: fried on May 23, 2011, 04:45:12 pm

If that's the last deadline change I'll put my order in tonight. I hope there are none of them dreadful V-grades in it...

Its published by V-Publishing.

What difference does it make as to changes in deadline, you're either going to order it or not, and you may as well save yourself a fiver by getting the order in before the early-bird offer ends (Cofe has to pay the pirates to let the order through with something).

fried · May 23, 2011, 05:14:20 pm

Quote from: slack---line on May 23, 2011, 04:50:45 pm

Quote from: fried on May 23, 2011, 04:45:12 pm
If that's the last deadline change I'll put my order in tonight. I hope there are none of them dreadful V-grades in it...

Its published by V-Publishing.

What difference does it make as to changes in deadline, you're either going to order it or not, and you may as well save yourself a fiver by getting the order in before the early-bird offer ends (Cofe has to pay the pirates to let the order through with something).

ahh, but if the deadline is put back to the end of June, by the time it arrives in France, I'll be in....the U.K. Unless I can pick it up off the pirates in the channel somewhere.

slackline · May 23, 2011, 05:32:43 pm

Fair-do's, but the early-bird offer only runs till the 5th June 2011.

fried · May 23, 2011, 05:37:34 pm

Quote from: slack---line on May 23, 2011, 05:32:43 pm

Fair-do's, but the early-bird offer only runs till the 5th June 2011.

Which is why I'm going to order it tonight.

Luthor · May 23, 2011, 08:03:59 pm

Ordered

r-man · May 24, 2011, 02:04:35 am

Most exciting! Good work chaps. I'll book my flight back from Oz immediately...

Well done all!

lagerstarfish · May 24, 2011, 07:29:11 am

Curse your aggressive marketing V-Publishing

Now I've gone and spent the kids' pocket money on a book about rocks

I was also sucked in to buying a book about bike rides

Never mind. It'll all get left in the estate when I'm gone.

nik at work · May 24, 2011, 07:42:22 am

I thought you had a camper not an estate?

lagerstarfish · May 24, 2011, 07:53:13 am

tomtom · May 24, 2011, 08:06:53 am

Quote from: nik at work on May 24, 2011, 07:42:22 am

I thought you had a camper not an estate?

I thought it more of a 'minivan'....

What happened to all those £££'s you fleeced off me for worthless advice eh! eh??

lagerstarfish · May 24, 2011, 08:22:56 am

Quote from: tomtom on May 24, 2011, 08:06:53 am

What happened to all those £££'s you fleeced off me for worthless advice eh! eh??

Quote from: heard a couple of weeks ago

I can't be expected to save money for bills and stuff; I've got a drink and drug habit to support

tomtom · May 24, 2011, 08:58:18 am

Quote from: lagerstarfish on May 24, 2011, 08:22:56 am

Quote from: tomtom on May 24, 2011, 08:06:53 am
What happened to all those £££'s you fleeced off me for worthless advice eh! eh??

Quote from: heard a couple of weeks ago
I can't be expected to save money for bills and stuff; I've got a drink and drug habit to support

Dont tell me you put it all in SharpeFinance Inc (tm)'s pyramid share scheme?

GCW · May 24, 2011, 09:10:50 am

Quote from: tomtom on May 24, 2011, 08:06:53 am

I thought it more of a 'minivan'....

It's all a matter of proportion.

T_B · May 24, 2011, 09:29:27 am

I'll get a copy anyway, but just wondered whether there's a crag list? I'm interested to see whether there are many new esoteric venues included?

P.S. Has anyone come up with a symbol for 'suitable for pushchair access and generally child-friendly'? They should do. Now I love Rubicon n all, but I don't think I can go there 3 weekends on the trot

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Ru · May 24, 2011, 11:09:12 am

Quote from: T_B on May 24, 2011, 09:29:27 am

I'll get a copy anyway, but just wondered whether there's a crag list? I'm interested to see whether there are many new esoteric venues included?

Wharncliffe
Bell Hagg
Fox Hagg
Wyming Brook
Rivelin
Derwent edges
Bamford
Stanage (incl all of apparent north end and Stanage middle (DIY etc))
Burbage North
Burbage South
Burbage West
Burbage Bridge
Higgar (more stuff here)
Guplets/Carl Wark/Sheep fold
Houndkirk/oxstones
Millstone
Mother Cap/Pet
Owler Tor
Secret Garden
White Edge/Yarncliffe/Mossattrocity
Froggatt (loads more incl top boulders/renegade area/forest area etc)
Curbar (lots more)
Baslow
Gardoms North/South/Edge/ Moorside
Birchen edge
Stumphole/Chatsworth/Dobb Edge
Cratcliffe
Robin Hoods
Eagle (but banned)
Rowtor
Stanton Moor
Stanton in the woods
eatswood (but banned)
Cocking tor
Turningstone
Bradley Edge
Beeley Hilltop/Harland
Bank Quarry/Jackson Tor
Black Rocks
Chasecliffe
Shining Cliff
Churnet (Ousal/dimmingsdale)
Roaches
Clouds
Hencloud
Gradbach
Bosley Cloud
Ramshaw
Newstones/Baldstones
Gibb Torr
Wolf Edge
New Mills Torrs
Hobson Moor Quarry
Tintwistle Knarr
Black Tor
Wimberry
Stoney
Tideswell Dale
Castleton crags
Rubicon
Raven Tor
Blackwell Dale
Nudas Tartan
Rheinstor
Harborough Rocks
The Tube

Andy B · May 24, 2011, 11:23:15 am

Is that all?

I guess I'll have to wait for a more knowledgeable guidebook team to publish Woolpacks and Grinah topos.