Lake District Bouldering

Introduction

The Lake District Bouldering guidebook is the long-awaited guide to bouldering in the Lake District National Park.

Written by Greg Chapman, one of the pioneers of bouldering in the Lakes, Lake District Bouldering features almost 3,000 individually numbered problems and dozens of variations and linkups at over 70 venues. Greg created the LakesBloc website in 2003 with the sole aim of providing the very best online information relating to bouldering in the Lakes and surrounding areas. Lake District Bouldering builds on LakesBloc and brings together this huge amount of information in a comprehensive guidebook for the very first time.

This guide is split into five sections: South-East, South-West, North-East, North-West and South Lakes Limestone. Featured crags include old-school venues such as the Langdale Boulders, the Bowderstone, Woodwell and Armathwaite; recently developed areas such as the Harter Gold Boulders in Dunnerdale and the Stirrup Stones in Wasdale, and nationally significant spots including Carrock Fell, Kentmere and St Bees Head.

Each crag features detailed access and approach information, including GPS coordinates for parking and crag grid references, together with conditions information and local knowledge. Alongside superb action photography, there are over 700 colour photo topos, plus overview and topo maps. A reference section with Ordnance Survey maps is included for selected mountain crags, and a detailed appendix includes everything you need to plan a visit: tourist information centres, cafes and pubs, campsites and accommodation, gear shops, climbing walls, and useful websites.

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Specification

• Author: Greg Chapman
• No of Pages: 568
• Page Size: 148 x 210 mm
• ISBN 10: 1910240737
• ISBN 13: 9781910240731
• Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing
• Published Date: May 2019
• Edition: 1st ed
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrations: colour photos, topos and maps