Books Guides And Maps
2nd Nov 2016 Wild Swimming - Italy
They keep on coming. I've previously reviewed Wild Swimming books on the UK, France, Spain, Australia and now comes Italy. I've not been to Italy for a long time, but this book looks set to...
13th Oct 2016 1,001 Climbing Tips - Andy Kirkpatrick
1,001 tips on anything has to be a pretty tall order. 1,001 tips on a niche activity like climbing must be virtually impossible. Not so if you have the mind of Andy Kirkpatrick. I checked out...
4th Oct 2016 Wild Guide - Devon, Cornwall & The South West
I'm loving the fact that Wild Things Publishing are producing a series of these Wild Guides. Having started off with wild swimming guides they have broadened their horizons and begun this...
30th Sep 2016 In The Shadow Of Ben Nevis - Ian Sykes
Ian Sykes is a guy you have probably never heard of. He's not climbed big grades or big mountains so he's never really featured in any of our magazines or websites. But he's now in his...
26th Jul 2016 Wild Swimming - Hidden Beaches
If you follow my reviews at all then you will know that I am a big fan of the Wild Swim series of books. I find them thoroughly inspirational, especially in light of yesterday's Blog post about...
14th Jul 2016 Wild Guide - Scandinavia
I've reviewed one Wild Guide already, to the South of England. This is a whole different world of a book. I suspect I have yet to find a guide book with this many inspiring photographs in it. A...
13th Jul 2016 Punk In The Gym - Andy Pollitt
Andy Pollitt’s book was given to me by Vertebrate Publishing, the Sheffield-based business responsible for the majority of the recent climbing biographies, with a twinkle of the eye and a...
30th Jun 2016 Wild Swimming - Spain
After France, Spain is probabyt eh country outside the UK that I have travelled to most. As kids our summer holidays were often based there, and summer in Spain being hot, we seem to spend the...
21st Jun 2016 Wild Swimming - Sydney
I’m an avid fan of wild swimming, and love the ever-growing series of Wild Swimming guidebooks published by ~Wild Things Publishing. Wild swimming by its vey nature tends to take you off the...
15th Jun 2016 Spain: Mallorca Guidebook Rockfax
I lose track of whether this is the third or fourth edition of Rockfax’s Mallorca guide (actually, I just looked it up and discovered that it’s no less than the 7th!) such is the popularity of...
17th May 2016 5 + 6 - Western & Northern Fontainebleau (Part 2)
I’ve been a long-time fan of Bart Van Raaij, the Fontainebleau fanatic who has singlehandedly reinvented the guidebook to what is probably the world’s most complicated climbing area. Bart’s...
10th Feb 2016 Rock Queen – by Catherine Destivelle
Rock Queen – by Catherine Destivelle Review by Sam Schofield Catherine Destivelle was at the pinnacle of climbing during the 1980s and 90s, achieving sporting firsts, winning competitions and...