Rock climbing is an exhilarating & spectacular sport that is attracting more people than ever before. This book is written for those climbers starting out on their instructing career. It contains the ideas & information that should smooth their path into the world of instructing & guiding. However, it is also for climbers wanting to improve their skills & gain from the author's knowledge & experience of climbing & instructing. It goes beyond covering the necessary skills of ropework, problem-solving & safety, by advising on how to teach movement & help students train effectively. Also included are sections on communication skills, legal considerations, aid climbing & scrambling. ...

This is the only guidebook to document Irish Climbing in a single volume. It focuses on the best routes at the best crags &



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This is the official handbook of `the Mountaineering Instructor, Single Pitch, Climbing Wall & Climbing Wall Leading Award Schemes`. Written by one of the best known rock climbing instructors in the UK this is the definitive & comprehensive `how to rock climb` textbook, now in its revised & updated second edition. It covers un-roped bouldering & movement skills as well as every aspect of single & multi-pitch rock climbing, abseiling, problem solving, the climbing environment, the history & development of the sport & much more. This book is a reference tool for every climber, from novice to expert, as well as containing specific ideas for anyone wanting to help coach & instruct others. It is the official handbook for the UK qualification system that

Includes:: `the Mountaineering Instructor, Climbing Wall, Single Pitch & Climbing Wall Leader Awards & is endorsed by the BMC, MCof S & MI. Revised throughout there are additional chapters on Sport Climbing, Sea Level Traversing, Ropes Courses & Via Ferrata, Adaptive Techniques for Disabled Climbers, Injury Avoidance, Improving Technique, Risk Management & the Law & Working with Young People. It has a functional design with easy-reference colour-coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text & inspiring photos that give a genuine flavour of the breadth of climbing possibilities across Britain & Irel&. It is the second of a series of manuals from Mountain Leader Training UK that

Includes:: the highly successful ` Hill Walking` & ` Winter Skills`.



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Adalbert Stifter`s Rock Crystal is a Christmas story & a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal. The charm of this quasi-fairy tale is made even more poignant by the knowledge of the author`s eventual suicide. This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence, but is implicit with an unremitting consciousness of the fragility of life & the inevitability of death. This is a wintry story of village life in the high mountains, but also a parable of belief & faith. The Rock Crystal of the title are shards of ice of the glacier that dominates the landscape that Adalbert Stifter describes. Translated from the German by Elizabeth Mayer & Marianne Moore, Adalbert Stifter`s Rock Crystal is published by Pushkin Press. `A tale of almost unendurable suspense`
- New York Review of Books Adalbert Stifter (1805-1868) was an Austrian writer, painter & poet closely associated with the Biedermeier movement in European art. Following his studies at the University of Vienna, he was highly regarded as a tutor among aristocratic families. The success of his first story The Condor in 1840 inaugurated a steady writing career, culminating in Der Nachsommer, praised by Nietzsche as one of the two great novels of 19th century Germany. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, & has long been popular in the German-speaking world, influencing writers such as Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann & W.G. Sebald.
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Rock Ferry & New Ferry in 1898 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is double-sided. The main map covers the area from Rock Ferry to New Ferry, including part of Bebington Ward. Coverage stretches from Rock Ferry station southward to Tollbar Corner, & from Dacre Hill eastward to the Mersey. Features include New Ferry Park, New Ferry Pier, The Dell, Thorncote, Woodhey, tramway, St Anne`s RC Church, Rock Park, Royal Rock Hotel, Bedford Park Athletic Grounds, St Peter`s church, St Mark`s church, Port Sanitary Hospital, etc. On the reverse is a section of the adjacent sheet 13.11 extending coverage westward to include King`s Lane, Egerton Park, Wirral College & St Stephen`s church; plus a few extracts from a street directory for New Chester Road, New Ferry Road & Rock Park. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

This book explains to the hillwalker, in easy to understand but accurate terms, how geology has shaped the landscape of the Lake District. A selection of fifteen guided walks is used to illustrate this in terms of what can be seen on the ground. ” Rock Trails Lakeland”, divided into two parts, is intended to help those who love the Lake District`s mountain scenery to understand how this beautiful landscape came about. The first half narrates the story of colliding continents, volcanoes, mountain-building & glaciations in creating the Lakel&, explaining why volcanoes occurred, the rocks they created & how to interpret signs of mountain-building & glaciations on the ground. The second half describes recommended walks of differing levels of difficulty, all with a wide variety of geological features to be seen &, most important, with consistently fantastic views of the very best of the Lake District`s wonderful scenery. The author has concentrated on what you can see as you walk around the hills, highlighting conspicuous, easily visible features in rocks as well as the overall shape of the terrain while accounting for the present-day landscape. This is the second book in the series from Pesda Press, following the publication in 2008 of ” Rock Trails Snowdonia” (9781906095048). ...

This is the story of the Peak landscape from its tropical beginnings to its rugged gritty present. Limestone reefs grow in the shallows of tropical seas, taking captive fossilised sea creatures. As the seas shift & coastlines change, sandstones build on the banks of a great river delta. Forests of giant ferns take hold of the l&, leaving behind a legacy of coal & bitumen. From the water worn limestone of the White Peak to the wind sculpted sandstones of the Dark Peak, the landscape here is always atmospheric. There are mysterious dry valleys with no sign of running water, caves adorned with sumptuous stalactite chandeliers & the remains of an industrial era built on mineral riches. Paul leads you on a series of fifteen walks which afford spectacular views of the best of the Peak District scenery & reveal evidence of the landscape`s intriguing history. In the first half of the book Paul tells the story of the Dark & White Peaks. How limestone reefs grew upon the basement bedrock & the shifting seas deposited layers of sandstone & shale. Tectonic forces buckled & tilted these beds of sedimentary rock to create the rocky edges & tors which characterise the Peak District. The second half of the book details fifteen walks, from easy to challenging, which reveal the geological drama. ...

The Scottish Highlands are home to Britain`s most spectacular mountain scenery. The stark hills, fearful crags, glorious glens & sparkling lochans make for a wide range of landscapes & have attracted generations of landscape lovers, hillwalkers & mountaineers. This book is intended to help those who adore this landscape to gain an insight into the geological forces that shaped it. The first half of the book tells the story of how the rocks were created & shaped by the gross forces of plate tectonics, colliding continents, volcanoes, mountain building & glaciation. The second half of the book details 18 walks with a variety of geological features set among consistently fantastic views. The walks are widely spread, encompassing the isolated peaks of Sutherland in the far northwest, the rolling granite massif of the Cairngorms in the east, the haunting beauty of the Ardnamurchan peninsula in the west & a select choice from the vast range of stunning mountains in the central & southern Highlands. ...

This book explains to the hillwalker, in easy to understand but accurate terms, how geology has shaped the landscape of Snowdonia. A selection of thirteen guided walks are used to illustrate this in terms of what can be seen on the ground. This book, divided into two parts, is intended to help those who love Snowdonia's mountain scenery to understand how this haunting landscape came about. The first half narrates the story of colliding continents, volcanoes, mountain-building & glaciations in creating Snowdonia, explaining why volcanoes occurred, the rocks they created & how to interpret signs of mountain-building & glaciations on the ground. The second half describes several recommended walks, of differing levels of difficulty, but all with a wide variety of geological features to be seen &, most important, enjoying consistently fantastic views of the very best of Snowdonia's wonderful scenery. The author has concentrated on what you can see as you walk around the hills, pointing to conspicuous, easily seen features in rocks & the overall shape of the terrain in accounting for the present day landscape. ...

This book explains to the hillwalker, in easy to understand but accurate terms, how geology has shaped the landscape of Snowdonia. A selection of seventeen guided walks is used to illustrate this in terms of what can be seen on the ground. This book, divided into two parts, is intended to help those who love Snowdonia`s mountain scenery to understand how this haunting landscape came about. The first half narrates the story of colliding continents, volcanoes, mountain-building & glaciations in creating Snowdonia, explaining why volcanoes occurred, the rocks they created & how to interpret signs of mountain-building & glaciations on the ground. The second half describes several recommended walks, of differing levels of difficulty, but all with a wide variety of geological features to be seen &, most important, enjoying consistently fantastic views of the very best of Snowdonia`s wonderful scenery. The author has concentrated on what you can see as you walk around the hills, pointing to conspicuous, easily seen features in rocks & the overall shape of the terrain in accounting for the present day landscape. New in this 2nd Edition
- coverage of Southern Snowdonia; new enhanced maps; &, five new walks. Also in this series by Paul Gannon
- Rock Trails Lakeland; Rock Trails Peak District; &, Rock Trails Scottish Highlands.

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