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North Wales Bouldering, 3rd Edition

Thanks to the pace of development, quality and sheer quantity of bouldering in North Wales, the third edition of this classic guidebook from Ground Up has had to be split into two volumes. It's still a glossy and inspiring book, says Rob Greenwood, and it's been made more user friendly too.

22 Jun, 2021

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Christmas Books - Our Recommendations

From biography and photography to guidebooks galore, lovers of mountain books have had plenty to celebrate over the last year. We've picked our favourites.

2 12 Dec, 2017

Ground Up - Gogarth South

The sister volume to Ground Up's Gogarth North covers over 630 routes, from famous cliffs such as Mousetrap Zawn and Castell Helen to venues far less well-known. The problem? Too many routes and not enough time, reckons Mark Hundleby

6 15 Mar, 2016

Ground Up Gogarth North

John Yates grapples with the new Gogarth North guide from Ground-Up Publishing. "North Wales Rock was always going to be a hard act to follow. In Gogarth North the Ground Up team have produced the first instalment of what will be the essential and definitive guide to a...

10 19 Jan, 2009

Ground Up North Wales Rock......again

The second review of the Ground Up publication, North Wales Rock this time by Tyler who says, "The guide reaches and in most cases...

10 24 May, 2007

Ground Up North Wales Rock

Ground Up's opus magnum for North Wales took a while to hit the shelves but hasn't looked back since. Positive comment has been abundant across...

5 Mar, 2007

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North Wales Bouldering Volume 1: Mountain Crags

Here we go again, fast forwarding from the 2nd edition in 2017, via a strange but ultimately very creative 2020, screeching to a halt at the start of the spring 2021. A new Ground Up book is here, the first volume of the hotly anticipated...

24 Mar, 2021

Ground Up Choose A Guidebook Cover - Llanberis Slate

Simon Panton of Ground Up is currently choosing the cover for the new Llanberis Slate guidebook, due out later this year. He needs your help!

149 14 Apr, 2009

Ground Up Parisella's Cave - new guide!

Ground Up has published a new guide booklet to the famous Llandudno limestone bouldering crag. This 20 page A5 booklet is illustrated with colour topos and includes the ultimate graded list with 110 problems and links. The guide also includes over 20 inspiring...

2 Apr, 2009

Ground Up Dreaming of Gogarth - a poster

Ground Up have just received delivery of a batch of Gogarth Main Cliff posters. These stunning pieces of art can be purchased for £6.95 initially from V12 Outdoor in Llanberis and very soon from other key climbing shops and climbing walls around the UK. They...

27 Feb, 2009

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