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Which guidebooks do you use nowadays?

Seems like these new BMC ones with the photos are outstripping Rockfax on credibility, big time?

In reply to Cragrat Rich:

Depends if you mean the credibility of their announced publication schedules

In reply to Cragrat Rich:

Surely depends on if you want definiteive guides or just one guide?

I use staffordshire grit (BMC) which is great and mine is well battered but the other peak guides I own is Eastern Grit and Northern Limestone because I don't go to those areas often enough to buy guides for each individual area when there's still plenty of routes in the rockfax to do.

The new Western Grit is awesome, I almost bought it even though I don't need it.

In reply to Toreador:

What's happening then?

What year was Staffordshire out and when is update due?
Froggatt is on it's way... right??
Stanage & Burbage have been done recently so won't be updated for a while?

Is that about right?

In reply to Cragrat Rich:

Can you explain exactly what you mean by this statement? Is your observation based on anything in particular?

Alan, Rockfax

I wouldnt say they are outstripping Rockfax by a long way. Rockfax represents something different, and they can't be ignored for the way they have pushed guidebook standards. Although I don't actually own one, the new W. Grit is pretty sexy.

I know for me, living in southern peak means I have BMC guides for the places I regularly go because they are awesome, getting sexier and sexier, and have tons of cool stories amongst their pages (one of the best aspects in guidebooks for me).

THEN, i have the rockfax Eastern Grit that covers me for everything. I could go and get all the BMC guides for the peaks but it wouldnt really give me much more to go at than EG.

For me...
Roaches BMC (can't wait for the new one)
Eastern Grit
Northern Limestone
Peak Bouldering

In reply to Cragrat Rich:

2004. As for the new one - a few months back they said July 2009. Now they're saying Spring 2010. So maybe July 2010?


Your guess is as good as mine (which is early 2011).


You've forgotten Chew, Kinder, and Limestone.

In reply to Cragrat Rich:

Hi Cragrat,

The BMC publish fantastic definitive guidebooks to mainly the Peak District.

Rockfax publish definitive and select guidebooks to all over the UK, France, Spain, Norway, Italy, Greece (and some in the USA).....big time!

Mick

In reply to Cragrat Rich:

I suspect that you are just trying to provoke a fight, one that we can all do without.

I will close this thread to replies but leave it live. This is not censorship since your comment is still there and the BMC would probably get as much criticism on this thread as Rockfax if we let it run.

Alan