<p>In Belgium and Luxembourg are cliffs with all the attributes of their southern counterparts: perfect rock, plentiful fixed protection and sublime settings (though some are rather urban) and they have a few extra advantages: the northerly position and southern aspect of much of the rock means that climbing is possible from early spring well through into late autumn without it ever getting too hot; there are routes of all grades; the cliffs are only two to five hours from the channel ports; the Belgian people are exceptionally friendly and most speak at least some English. This volume attempts to describe the routes in a very British fashion. There is a descriptive account of all the routes, a star rating for quality, technical grades for individual pitches, and an 'E' grade for routes up to 6c+. also included is the Belgian grade for comparison. All the cliffs described in Belgium are of high quality limestone, whereas those in Luxembourg are of an excellent hard sandstone.</p>

Selected Rock Climbs in Belgium and Luxembourg

Travel

Craggs, Chris

Europe

Cicerone

Peak NE Pokketz (Rockfax Climbing Guide) (Rockfax Climbing Guide Series)

Sports & Outdoors

James, Alan

Mountaineering

Rockfax Ltd

Peak SE Pokketz (Rockfax Climbing Guide) (Rockfax Climbing Guide Series)

April 2009 will see the publication of the new edition of "Western Grit". The original award-wining (Outdoor Writers' Guild "Guidebook of the Year") version was published in 2003, to widespread acclaim. It was reported to have redefined what made a popular cliff, with many venues that had been sadly neglected being brought back into the limelight. The new edition will be bigger and better with a complete new set of action and crag shots, expanded coverage of many venues and the "Western Grit" will be the new 'must have' climbing guidebook for anyone interested in the huge variety of cliffs that are scattered up the western side of the Peak and Pennines. Staffordshire area includes: Back Forest, The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Ramshaw Rocks, Newstones and Baldstones. Windgather area includes Wingather, Castle Naze, and New Mills Tor. Kinder includes Upper Edale Rocks, The Pagoda, Crowden Towers, Crowden Clough Face, Upper Tor, Nether Tor, Chinese Wall, Misty Wall, Ashop Edge and The Downfall. Bleaklow includes Shining Clough, Laddow, Tintwhistle and Hobson Moor Quarry. Chew Valley includes Wimberry, Rob's Rocks, Charnel Stones, Dovestones, Ravenstones, Standing Stones, Upperwood Quarry, Alderman, Running Hill Pits and Den Lane Quarry. Lanchire includes Wilton 1, 2 and 3, Brownstones, Anglezarke, Denham, Summit Quarry, Blackstone Edge, Cow's Mouth Quarry, Egerton Quarry, Hoghton Quarry, Troy Quarry, Cadshaw Castle Rocks and Witches Quarry. Cheshire includes Helsby, Frodsham and Pex Hill.

WESTERN GRIT

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Cordee

This is the second Rockfax guidebook to this spectacular and beautiful area, the first 2008 volume won the Banff Guidebook of the Year Award and put Lofoten very much on the map. This guide has been updated and expanded with a completely new set of crag photographs, plus some fantastic maps and all the new developments from the nine years since the last book was published. For the first time also included is coverage of the astounding set of peaks around the Stetind area on the mainland, close to Narvik.

LOFOTEN CLIMBS - ROCKFAX

The cliffs along the sunny Cote d'Azur and the area just inland offer some of the best sport climbing found anywhere. The most famous venue is the magnificent Verdon Gorge with it walls of perfect limestone but this is only one of many great crags in the area. To the west is the beautiful Calanques with its amazing landscape, plus the spectacular Sainte Victoire. There are some great venues around Toulon, the sunniest city in France, plus there is the popular winter venue of Chateauvert and the less well known Esterel and Chateaudouble areas. Add in Saint Jeannet, Gorges du Loup and a selection of cliffs in the Nice area and you begin to see what an amazing amount of climbing the area has to offer.

FRANCE:COTE D'AZUR

Lofoten is a magical area; towering granite peaks rise above deep blue fjords, with tiny wooden fishing villages squeezed between the mountains and the oceans. The extensive climbing is on magnificent granite cliffs and the vast majority of it is traditionally protected. There is also superb hiking, mountaineering (summer and winter) as well as skiing. This new guide will doubtless raise the profile of this spectacular and beautiful area.It covers: The West, Helvetestinden, Merraflestinden, Breiflogtinden, Maslitinden, Olstinden, Olkontinden, Reinesvaet, Nubben, Stortind, Eggum, Henningsvaer Rorvika, Pianokrakken, Djupfjord, Presten, Gandalfveggen, Festvagvegg, The Coast, Kalle, Paradiset, Vagakallen, Overdalen, Kallebukta, Trollfestningen, Glamtinden, Kabelvag, Sandvika, Tjelbergvika, Svolvaer, Blatinden, Svolvaer Geita, Skrapillaren, Walking Peaks, and, Bouldering.

AED LOFOTEN ROCK

THORBJORN Enevold

Spain: Costa Blanca (Rockfax Climbing Guide)

The wide rolling hills, outcrops and quarries of sandstone and gritstone that pepper northern England have long been popular with the locals, though visitors are less common, except on the few better known cliffs. Although lacking the extravagantly draped grandeur of the spectacular Edges of the Peak District, there are many fine crags and hidden classics here waiting for the diligent explorer. This guidebook will help climbers get the most from this extensive area.

NORTHERN ENGLAND

Book by Craggs, Chris, Arran, Anne, Arran, John

France: Ariege: Rockfax Rock Climbing Guidebook (Rockfax Climbing Guide Series)

ARRAN Anne

ARRAN John

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