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NEW REVIEW: North Wales Classics

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 UKC Gear 27 Jul 2010
[North Wales Classics, 3 kb]Martin Chester reviews the North Wales Classics book from Rockfax:

"...the pages are clearly laid out, beautifully presented, and the whole book is crammed with great photos. By the time you get to page five, you have already seen images of classic valley cragging, long mountain routes, and the 'modern winter classic' - The Devil's Appendix...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/gear/review.php?id=2900

 Coel Hellier 27 Jul 2010
In reply to UKC Gear:

> Single pitch crags, an expanded version of this gem, and a pokketz winter climbs must all be in the pipeline?
> I wait with baited breath ...

Pedantry alert! It's "bated breath", with "bated" a contraction of "abated", meaning "reduced, lessened, lowered in force".

Oh yeah, that guide is indeed good and fun.
In reply to UKC Gear:

Sorry to see in the Cloggy excerpt that Arthur Birtwistle is not credited with his extraordinarily bold, protectionless first ascent of the first pitch of November (the 5a Drainpipe Crack) way back in 1938.
 ksjs 28 Jul 2010
In reply to UKC Gear: good luck on Right Wall with the description and line shown in this. seriously, its really poor and typifies the Rockfax approach. absolutely no mention of stepping left from the broken pocket. also, the line shows the route going pretty much straight up from the first ledge. you can probably do this but not sure it would be at E5 and it definitely isnt the line Right Wall takes.

maybe somebody knows something different but the description is at odds with the NWR and CC guide descriptions not to mention how the route actually climbs.

oh and Cockblock "A good introduction to the grade." come on Rockfax sort it out!

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