The Climber's Complete Guide to Dumbarton Rock Paperback / softback
by John Hutchinson, J S Watson
Paperback / softback
Description
This guide introduces the climber to the bouldering, traditional climbing and sports routes at Dumbarton Rock. Known to locals as 'Dumby', this is lowland Scotland's premier rock-climbing venue, home to famous routes such as Chemin de Fer, Requiem and Rhapsody, and with a reputation for hard and technical climbing. Dumby also cradles a collection of giant boulders, which host over 300 documented problems from easy to 8th grade level. Problems such as Pongo, Sabotage, Pressure, Sanction and Gutbuster are amongst Scotland's world-class bouldering test pieces. Photo-topos and textual descriptions bring clarity to complex routes (100+) and boulder problems (300+). The guide features a contextual historical introduction by John Hutchinson, detailing the decades of climbing heritage for which Dumbarton Rock is internationally recognised.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, Full colour througout
- Publisher:Stone Country Press Ltd
- Publication Date:23/07/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780992887629
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:160 pages, Full colour througout
- Publisher:Stone Country Press Ltd
- Publication Date:23/07/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780992887629