The first of a 2 volume set covering the climbing in the Mont Blanc range. Snow, Ice & Mixed Vols 1 & 2 replace the popular Neige, Glace et Mixte. Now published in English with full colour photo-topos through out it is a comprehensive guide to the show & ice routes on all the summits in the massif. Vol 1 covers eastern section of the Mont Blanc Massif from Tirent Orny Basin to Geant Basin. ...

The only comprehensive snowboard guide to mountains of Western Europe, compiled specifically for snowboarders by a collection of Europe's leading riders & personalities. Over 80 resorts are described in detail, giving essential information on everything from the deepest powder runs to the best night out. ...

Snowfinder guides are just a little larger than your mobile phone or iPod, & are like having a local ski guide in your pocket. They contain piste maps & useful comments on individual runs enhanced by beautiful pictures by some of the worlds best winter sports photographers. ...

Guidebook for walking the South Downs Way long-distance path that leads the walker along the 100 miles (160km) between Eastbourne & Winchester, high on the escarpment, exploring the Sussex Downs & East Hampshire Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Details of the walk split into 12 daily stages, described in both directions. ...

Sport Climbing + represents a watershed in the genre of instructional books for climbers. It comes from a coaching perspective ad is packed with inspirational photos, humorous illustrations & two lifetime's worth of learning how to succeed at the toughest of all sports. Sport Climbing + has been written by two of the leading sport climbers in the country. Sport climbing + takes a practical approach, focussing on the improvements climbers can make immediately, without embarking on lengthy training programs. Written in a highly accessible, jargon-free style, this book is as beneficial to the novice indoor climber wanting to get on rock as it is to the experienced climber wanting to move onto the next level. ...

Twenty years after this award winning film was made, it is still considered to be one of the best climbing films ever made. Starring Johnny Dawes who has always stood out for his understanding of the rock face & for his unique approach. The DVD traces Johnny's boyhood influences & films him on his gritstone masterpieces & on the spectacular Quarryman grove in North Wales. Also featured on this DVD is a 30 minute documentary on Britain's hardest adventure climb, the Indian Face. Many top climbers attempted this in the 80s, but it was Johnny Dawes who finally conquered it in 1986. ...

Born in the foothills close to the Himalaya Steve Berry had from an early age an urge to become a traveller, an adventurer, an explorer, & until the age of 38 years he tried hard to satisfy two opposing forces. Half of him wanted to find a satisfactory career path while the other half wanted to be free & specifically explore the Himalaya. In the end he found a compromise to satisfy both needs. In 1987 with his climbing friend Steve Bell he founded Himalayan Kingdoms, a travel company specializing in trekking & expedition holidays. This book is a collection of stories from his early expeditions to the Himalaya prior to 1987. There are tales of encounters with bears, escapes from avalanches, summit successes & failures, love stories, mystical connections, Himalayan storms, near death accidents, raw travel across the Indian sub continent, & grapples with bureaucracy. It is told warts & all. It starts with tales of youthful naivety in the mountains of Himachal Pradesh, progresses to what Steve describes as his best ever adventure, the first British ascent of Nun, 7, 135m/23, 410ft, in Kashmir, & finishes with the truth of what happened on the failed attempt to climb Bhutan's highest peak, Gangkar Punsum, 7550m/24, 770ft. Of Straight Up Steve says, I just really wanted people to enjoy reading of our adventures the way they were. ...

Symonds Yat & Huntsham Crags in the Forest of Dean are covered by the Climbers Club for the first time in this modestly priced hardback. The mainly single-pitch routes on the Yat's limestone & on Huntsham's strange sandstone are described with the aid of 9 maps & 8 action photos. ...