In reply to IainWhitehouse:
Iain
Monk who you were replying to gave a flattering view of this guidebook.
"Hmmm.... I just wrote a scathing reply regarding saturation of the market and a clear clash with the Rockfax Pockets guides.
But I deleted it. I do think the market is saturated for guides to routes, but having looked at the website, this does look to be a beautiful guidebook, and I would love to get my hands on a copy to see what it is like. I like the idea of limestone and grit being included in the same guide, and some bouldering too. I also think that the chosen grade range is a pretty good one for the target audience. I deleted my initial reply as I think that this guide may actually be the best select guide to the Peak District if you want just one guide book for everything (and judging by the number of people who own On Peak Rock, that is a lot of people).
I'll reserve further judgment until I see a copy, but it does look promising.
However, I really do think there is a large market for a low grade bouldering guidebook. Many of the easier lines from Fax09 were not included in the VG book and replaced with a comment about finding easier lines for yourself. I think this is elitist and many of the climbers I know and see about can't climb V2/5+ which leaves a large number of problems currently only in the new BMC guides. I'd love to see a lower grade bouldering guide."
I will add that, grade banded guidebooks are far from new and pre-date the Pokketz.
Best not to get fixated on who is first, many do, but on what the publication offers.
I think grade-banded guidebooks are great.
Mick