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| Hamishs Mountain Walk & Climbing the Corbetts (Baton Wicks Publications, ISBN: 9781898573081) Hamish's Mountain Walk deals with the author's first continuous ascent of the Munro's. Climbing the Corbetts is the sequel, in which Brown describes ascents of the Scottish peaks between 2500 and 3000 feet. more>> | |
| High Mountains of Britain and Ireland (Baton Wicks Publications, ISBN: 9781898573630) This guide book differentiates from other guide books by describing a range of ascent strategies for keen mountain walkers. Ideal for anyone interested in mountain walking throughout the British Isles - a balance between a practical guidebook and something to inspire from the armchair. more>> | |
| Mont Blanc Range - Classic Snow, Ice and Mixed Climbs (Baton Wicks Publications, ISBN: 9781898573722) A guidebook aimed at alpinists seeking lower grade snow, ice and mixed climbs (F to AD+, with climbs of D) and reflecting all recent changed topographical conditions due to the steady glacial and snowfield retreat created by climate change.The climbs are selected from across the range and are easily accessible from well appointed mountain huts and useful telepheriques and mountain railways. This book is beautifully illustrated with photos that show both the detail of the mountain or approach and also the haunting beauty of the fabulous peaks of the Mont Blanc Range - including clearly the mainspring of alpinism's continued popularity to climbers of all ages. more>> | |
| The Mont Blanc Massif (Baton Wicks Publications, ISBN: 9781898573692) This book includes descriptions of the 100 finest alpine climbs in the Mont Blanc Massif, the most important and demanding alpine training area in the world. The Mont Blanc Massif is famed as the world's finest and most accessible alpine climbing area. Rebuffat's presentation of its hundred finest climbs and his shrewd, yet inspiring, commentary makes this book the ideal alpine primer. It presents a full range of possibilities from short, easy and scenic routes, classic climbs to all the main summits, and a series of grandes courses (the most testing and committing routes) that call for the highest levels of skill and judgement. This is the place where ambitious alpinists perfect their skills before tackling the greater ranges and the world's highest peaks, and where modest alpinists finally get to tackle the highest massif in Western Europe. This new edition reflects modern equipment developments and grading, and the new problems created by glacial retreat (hastened by global warming). An alternative route is added to replace the celebrated Bonatti Pillar of the Dru that collapsed in June 2005 - an event which is also likely to have been brought on by climate change. The book remains as popular as ever, 20 years after the author's death - clear proof of its enduring relevance. more>> |
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