[SA Chris]

What's your most obscure oddity? Mine is probably the Guide for the Bouldering around Prescott, Arizona.

Anyone else got it, been there or even heard of it?

Second most is probably the 1991 MCSA Guide to Tonquani Kloof including Cedarberg and Boulder Kloof, but I think some people may have climbed there, or at least heard of it.

I suspect thesiger may out obscure me though.

[GCW]

Lancashire Rock?

[slackline]

I've this for Margaret River area in Western Australia which I doubt many have...



I've also some old ones like a 1950s guide to the Wicklow, 1920/30s ones for Langdale and some other areas in the lakes as well as couple from the 1950/60s Peak series (Froggatt and Stanage ones). Also got an early 80s guide for the circuits at Bas Cuvier.

[cheque]

Leicestershire Climbs. Before I found it in a charity shop I had no idea that there was climbing in Leicestershire and thought it might be a cool idea for summer evenings as it's close to Nottingham. The book soon put me off this idea and I've never been to check any of the places out 'cos they look/ sound so bad- some aren't even crags. I've since given it to a friend who lives in Leicestershire. It had the same effect on her.

[Fiend]

I've climbed at 10 crags in Leicestershire. I reckon there must be at least a dozen good routes there.

West Midlands Rock, Lleyn, old orange Northern England guide, Cheesewring and South East Cornwall....all standard stuff....the difference is I've climbed quite a lot at them!

[cheque]

I've climbed at 10 crags in Leicestershire. I reckon there must be at least a dozen good routes there.

Any recommendations?

[SA Chris]

Not been to any of the other places listed so far, except Cheesewring (and I think Helman Tor is in that guide?) but have heard of the climbing in all of them.

I should have said guidebooks to most obscure areas. I have the a Northumberland Guide from 1960s; Bowden Doors only gets a mention; I think there were access issues at the time though.

[andy_e]

Wild bouldering in Yorkshire 

[GCW]

Wild bouldering in Yorkshire 

Technically, that's mine!!

[SA Chris]

Technically it's mine - even has my name in it (but sold to GCW)  And got a fair bit of use.

edit :doh - fixed

[webbo]

Recent developments on North Yorks Moors by Nick Dixon.

[GCW]

Well, if you sold it to CCW I'm not sure what that's got to do with Nemo's copy 

[erm, sam]

I have got the first guidebook to Joes Valley bouldering, Utah. Hopelessly useless it is too.

[fried]

I haven't got it or even seen it, although I know it exists or existed.

But I'd kill to have a look at the Portsmouth sea walls guidebook (c. 1990s) if anyone knows anything.

[Oldmanmatt]

I haven't got it or even seen it, although I know it exists or existed.

But I'd kill to have a look at the Portsmouth sea walls guidebook (c. 1990s) if anyone knows anything.

Saw it once (that was my main training venue in Uni days), never found out how to get a copy though... I do remember, most routes started with reference to their vicinity to the "do not climb on this ancient monument" sign...

[slackline]

Wild bouldering in Yorkshire 

If thats the one by Barley & Baker (1997) I've a copy of that too.

[andy_e]

It's not actually obscure, I was fishing for a GCW/SA Chris response. I hooked them both.

[GCW]

That's karma, eh Chris? 

[SA Chris]

  indeed. Fate.

[Stubbs]

I've got this one for Kangaroo Point in Brisbane, not sure if it's particularly obscure, but it's certainly the worst crag I own a guide for!

[Plattsy]

You are right. KP is rubbish.

[SA Chris]

Is that the "crag" in the picture? Is there nothing else nearby?

[Fiend]

I've climbed at 10 crags in Leicestershire. I reckon there must be at least a dozen good routes there.

Any recommendations?

Moonshot, Beacon Hill
Starship Trooper, Beacon Hill
Mango, The Brand
Sailaway, The Brand
Virago, Craig Buddon
Sorcerer, Forest Rock
Saucy, Forest Rock
Definitely Not, Forest Rock
Chequered Slab, Markfield
Plain Sailing, Markfield
Baptism, Markfield
Central Route, Oaks Pinnacle
Central Crack, Pocketgate Quarry

+ harder stuff at the Brand and a couple of decent sport routes at Hangingstone.

All assume good condition, and appreciation of short esoteric outcrop/quarry routes, YMMV etc etc

[tregiffian]

Watch out for stones through your windscreen at Markfield.

[rich d]

I've kind of got the guide for pont d'espagne in the pyrennees. Had to photocopy it in the library in Cautarets. Guess that's fairly obscure.