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Lower Wye Valley, v. 1 - Climbers' Club Guides to the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean (Paperback)
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Lower Wye Valley, v. 1 - Climbers' Club Guides to the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean (Paperback)
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Though labelled Volume One, this is the second to be published (Nov
2007) of a new series to the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean. "The
Sandstone Outcrops of the Forest of Dean" by Martin Crocker
appeared in 2006, and a new Symonds Yat guide, including also the
central Forest quarries and the Cotswolds, should follow in two or
three years' time.The 432 pages are printed in full colour
throughout in the new Climbers' Club guidebook design, and the book
is generously illustrated with maps, photodiagrams, and a wide
selection of action photos.The guide has been compiled by a mixed
team of experienced Wye Valley hands and younger activists, and the
work has incorporated not only a radical reassessment of virtually
all the climbs but also substantial cleaning and regearing of all
those considered worthwhile. This operation was spearheaded by the
GO Wall Restoration Project undertaken by Martin Crocker in late
2005 (funded by the Access and Conservation Trust, and The
Climbers' Club Colin Kirkus Guidebook Fund).The Lower Wye crags
(Wynd Cliff, Wintour's Leap, Ban-y-gor, Tintern Quarry, Shorn
Cliff) now offer a huge variety of excellent climbing: trad routes
in all grades from Moderate to E6 and sport climbs from F4 to F7c+.
The sport climb descriptions are printed on a pale orange-coloured
background for quick recognition, while the unrecommended and
unrestored routes are set on a light grey background.A complete set
of new path and crag-base maps for Wintour's Leap and Shorn Cliff
has been surveyed by members of the team and redrawn inimitably by
Don Sargeant. It is hoped that these will mitigate the notorious
problems people sometimes experience locating the buttresses and
climbs amongst the trees at these two crags.There is a brief
historical overview in the usual slot after the Introduction, and
there are a number of mini crag historicals printed on yellow
panels throughout the book. However, the main and more detailed
threads are woven into the first ascents list, now entitled
Chronology (this latter may be a feature also in some future CC
guides).The usual index of climbs is brightened up by the inclusion
of thumbnail-type replicas of all the main action photos, and there
is also an index of crags and crag features with replicas of the
photodiagrams.
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