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#50 Re: North Wales Bouldering guide news...
November 10, 2016, 05:58:18 pm
Clearly we need a  DFBWGC in Wales thread.

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#51 Re: North Wales Bouldering guide news...
November 10, 2016, 07:46:28 pm
A female on the cover would be a welcome change of tack - although it wouldn't be reflective of who actually contributes first ascents it would reflect the increasing number of women who go bouldering.

Weird that FAs are so skewed to the guys. Maybe it's an exploratory urge thing?


edit -Doylo in a wig and pink E9 pants.

Most of the fas in the NWB scene are done by the same small group, maybe 10 middle aged blokes, plus another 10 blokes who occasionally do fas.

I've collected many of the images for the guide while crag development has been going on and what you see in the book is to an extent an historical record of how things unfolded. That does mean that there is a low percentage of women and a high percentage of those blokes in the prolific 10 group.

Conscious of this I have on occasion specifically tried to get decent female action shots, but producing the guide has been such a massive, all consuming task that it has often slipped to the bottom of my priority list. I tend to boulder at new or recently developed venues and you don't see anybody at those places, never mind any women willing to climb for the camera.

That being said I have got some really strong female action shots, so don't worry it isn't all just ugly blokes, or Doylo in a wig, or Nodder in a spiderman suit.

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Anyone heard any more on when this will be out?

Last I heard in Jan it was "imminent"...

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I was in V12 yesterday and dared to ask the chap working. With a wink and a nod he said in the next 2 months! Prob next few then :whistle:

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no release dates yet, we're still bashing on  ;)
we're still focussed on making the book; its a labour of love and has been a long time in the pipeline so to rush the last stretch would be a shame, although we're more than aware we need to get it out!
its basically done, but needs editing to reduce the page count (and some final proofing)
I'm sure si will chip in with his thoughts

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Thanks for the update. Can't wait.

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Do they do preorders?

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I asked Si the same question on Facebook and he said he expected V12 would be doing a pre order...

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We are when there is a more concrete expected date/month (Jack's words) as avoiding an onslaught of calls and emails is desirable if there is any sort of delay!

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Cheers dudes.

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https://www.v12outdoor.com/north-wales-bouldering-2nd-edition-pre-order.html

Anyone care to remortgage their houses to lend me the necessary cash?

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https://www.v12outdoor.com/north-wales-bouldering-2nd-edition-pre-order.html

Anyone care to remortgage their houses to lend me the necessary cash?

It's going to be a weighty tome and in full colour, which accounts for the price increase over the previous edition!

Cheers for the link anyhow, just popped it online today  :2thumbsup:

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It's only £2.85 every year for the next 13 years (the current average shelf life for a north wales bouldering guide).

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679 pages of exploration, pleasure, frustration and desperation!

Retail price is comparable per page to other popular bouldering guides:
Vertebrate Peak Bouldering guide - 480 pages @ 5.2 pence per page
GroundUp NW Bouldering - 679 pages @ 5.4 pence
Cockfax Peak Bouldering - 540 pages @ 5.5 pence

BMC Peak Lime North - 528 pages @ 5.3 pence
Onsight North Wales Limestone - 452 pages @ 5.5 pence
Cockfax North Wales Climbs - 450 pages @ 6.6 pence
Cockfax Peak Limestone - 408 pages @ 6.8 pence

:geek:


Cheaper than buying two smaller volumes that would probably have cost around £20 each...

« Last Edit: June 06, 2017, 07:06:56 pm by petejh »

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Yeah, what price a lifetime of fun? Maybe we need to reassess the exchange rate for fuck-alls to the pound sterling and peg it to the price of the most eagerly awaited guidebook in history? 1 fuck all = price of the NW bouldering guide? Better than the old gold standard imho.

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Brexit driving the prices up.

I'll tell ye all, we'rrrrrrrr aaaallll dooooomed.

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Pre-ordered and very excited!!! 😀

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Would be interesting to see a price per boulder problem comparison!

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Expected release date "possibly this summer"...possibly?

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Expected release date "possibly this summer"...possibly?

V12 said somewhere that they wouldn't be doing pre-orders until they had a firm release date, so I guess they haven't updated the page in a while?

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Cockfax North Wales Climbs - 450 pages @ 6.6 pence
Cockfax Peak Limestone - 408 pages @ 6.8 pence

You missed the real value proposition there:

Cockfax Clywd Limestone - 264 pages @ 11.34 pence

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You missed the real value proposition there:
Cockfax Clywd Limestone - 264 pages @ 11.34 pence

Used that guide twice so far and been rained off both times - £7.50 per route!

Actually I'll take that. Sure the new guide will be lovely
/mumbles and shuffles off.

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You missed the real value proposition there:
Cockfax Clywd Limestone - 264 pages @ 11.34 pence

Used that guide twice so far and been rained off both times - £7.50 per route!

Actually I'll take that. Sure the new guide will be lovely
/mumbles and shuffles off.

Picked it up second hand for 0.76 pence per page [emoji3]

Also only used it twice but at 40 pence per route and having saved us from being washed out in the peak, it's a bit more bearable.

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https://www.v12outdoor.com/north-wales-bouldering-2nd-edition-pre-order.html

Anyone care to remortgage their houses to lend me the necessary cash?

it doesn't give the weight of the book anywhere. How am I meant to judge value without knowing the weight?

 

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