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Books Cumbria : Outdoors : Climbing

Climbing

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Lake District Climbs - Rock Climbs in the English Lake District

edited by S. J. H. Reid
£19.50

More than 500 classic rock climbs on 64 superb crags described. The choice of routes covers the full grade spectrum from 'Difficult' to 'E8', with the majority of climbing in the popular VS to E2 range.

Published by : Fell & Rock Climbing Club
Published date : November 2003
Format : 105mm x 170mm limp-back

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Lake District Winter Climbs

Brian Davison
£17.95

This book is a definitive guide to winter climbing in the Lake district. It presents the climbs and crags in a fresh new format, with clear maps to help you find the crags and detailed colour photo-topos to help you locate the routes.

Published by : Cicerone
Published date : January 2007
Format : 100mm x 166mm plastic jacket

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Lakeland Rock DVD

Chris Bonington
£12.99

Lakeland Rock is a mountaineering classic. Presented by Sir Chris Bonington, this collection of films features five milestone climbs, each representing a major development in a sport which has mirrored social change in Britain.

Published by : Striding Edge
Published date : 1997
Format : DVD

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Quest For Adventure

Chris Bonington
£16.99

Remarkable feats of exploration and adventure, 1950 - 2000. A personal and remarkable celebration of exploration and adventure by a man who has done much to keep its spirit alive today.

Published by : Cassell & Co.
Published date : 2000
Format : Large paperback.

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Scafell - Portrait of a Mountain

Bill Birkett
£20.00

After three volumes in his prize-winning valley portraits, Bill Birkett turns his gaze to the highest and most powerful group of mountains in England.

Published by : Frances Lincoln
Published date : December 2007
Format : 260mm x 310mm hardback

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Scrambles & Easy Climbs in the Lake District

Jon Sparks; Judith Brown
£10.95

This book is about the appreciation of rock, the exhilaration of climbing, and the sheer pleasure of doing it in the beautiful Lake Districts rocky places. With 69 routes, from scrambling Grade 1 to rock-climbing V.Diff.

Published by : Grey Stone Books
Published date : 2003
Format : Small paperback.

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Storms of Silence

Joe Simpson
£7.99

By the author of Touching the Void comes another classic tale of endurance.

Published by : Vintage
Published date : 1997
Format : Paperback.

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The Central Buttress of Scafell

Graham Wilson
£13.95

A collection of ten historic essays, selected and introduced by Graham Wilson.

Published by : Millrace
Published date : 2005
Format : Hardback.

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The Everest Years

Chris Bonington
£14.99

In The Everest Years, the last volume of his autobiography, Chris chronicles his four expeditions to the worlds highest peak. He tells of his fascination with the highest point on earth and why it meant so much to him to finally stand there himself.

Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Published date : 2001
Format : Large paperback.

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The High Places - Leaves From a Lakeland Notebook

A. Harry Griffin
£12.99

Better known as Harry Griffin, and for fifty years the Guardian's country diarist, A.H. Griffin also wrote a weekly feature called 'Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook' for the Lancashire Evening Post for almost thirty years until his death in 2004.

Published by : Frances Lincoln
Published date : June 2008
Format : 198mm x 129mm hardback

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The Lakeland Fells

June Parker (ed); Tim Pickles (ed)
£16.95

139 circular routes of varying lengths. Comprehensive descriptions for climbing 244 fells over 300 metres in the Lake District National Park. An excellent work of reference for the walking and climbing enthusiast. Lakeland Book of the Year winner 1996.

Published by : Fell and Rock Climbing Club
Published date : 1996
Format : Large hardback.

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The Lakes - Rock Fax 04

Andy Hyslop; Paul Cornforth
£9.99

A rock climbing guide to the bolted and traditional routes on Lakeland limestone, slate, sandstone and selected mountain crags. Including the Lakeland mountain crag and route directory.

Published by : Vertical Brain Publications
Published date : 1994
Format : Paperback.

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The Long Routes: Mountaineering Rock Climbs in Snowdonia and the Lake District

Robin Ashcroft
£14.99

A guide to 45 rock climbs in the area, graded according to their level of difficulty.

Published by : Mainstream Publishing
Published date : 1999
Format : Large hardback.

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The Mountains of England and Wales Volume 2: England

John Nuttall; Anne Nutall
£11.99

Details how to climb the major summits in England, in a series of 58 walks, with a large section on the Lake District.

Published by : Cicerone
Published date : 1995
Format : Paperback.

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The Next Horizon

Chris Bonington
£14.99

The Next Horizon, the second volume in Chris Boningtons autobiography picks up the climbing story from 1962 and relates his subsequent adventures as a mountaineer, photographer, journalist and expedition leader.

Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Published date : 2001
Format : Large paperback.

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The Relative Hills of Britain

Alan Dawson
£8.99

This is an invaluable reference work for all walkers, with lots of useful and relevant information.

Published by : Cicerone
Published date : 1992
Format : Paperback.

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The Riddle of Sphinx Rock: The Life and Times of Great Gable

Ronald Turnbull
£13.95

'Grand to look at, grand to look from, and grand to climb' - so Gable was described over a hundred years ago. This is an exploration of Great Gable: its eleven main ways for walkers, its scrambles and its climbs. But it's also a study of what it means to be a mountain in today's world.

Published by : Millrace
Published date : 2005
Format : Hardback.

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The Team

Sheila Richardson
£9.50

This is the story of one of the Lake Districts mountain rescue teams, told by members past and present. It has been produced to celebrate their 50 years of service. It tells of the formation of the team; the tragedy of an accident that robbed the team of

Published by : Mill Field/Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team
Published date : 2002
Format : Paperback.

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This Game of Ghosts

Joe Simpson
£7.99

The sequel to Touching the Void. The author describes a climb of 20,000 feet on a mountain near Everest despite being on crutches after a fall, and looks back to his childhood to events that have led him to chose a life of climbing and danger.

Published by : Vintage
Published date : 1993
Format : Paperback.

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Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri

Chris Bonington; Charles Clarke
£10.00

Reduced from £18.99, the story of the authors attempts to reach the summit of the Great White Snow God, and how the 22,800 ft secret mountain rejected them, but as they say,

Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Published date : 1999
Format : Hardback.

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Touching the Void

Joe Simpson
£7.99

A classic mountaineering story, with the author and his colleague pushing themselves to the limits of human endurance.

Published by : Vintage
Published date : 1997
Format : Paperback.

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Travail So Gladly Spent

Tom Price
£12.00

The author, who is from Threlkeld, writes about his travels and adventures. New in paperback.

Published by : The Ernest Press
Published date : 2002
Format : Paperback.

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Travail So Gladly Spent

Tom Price
£17.50

The author, who hails from Threlkeld, writes about his travels and adventures.

Published by : Ernest Press
Published date : 2000
Format : Hardback.

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